Article 1. Main Principles of Elections of People's
Deputies of Ukraine

1. People's
deputies of Ukraine (of this Law hereinafter referred to as deputies) shall be
elected by citizens of Ukraine on the principles of universal, equal, and
direct suffrage by secret voting.

2. Numerical
strength of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall be determined by the
Constitution of Ukraine.

3. Deputies
shall be elected on principles of a proportional system with elections of
people's deputies of Ukraine in the multi-mandate all-national constituency (of
this Law hereinafter referred to as “the all-national constituency”) by
election lists of deputy candidates (of this Law hereinafter referred to as
“election lists”) of political parties, Election blocs of political parties (of
this Law hereinafter referred to as “parties (blocs)”).

4. Parties
(blocs) that obtained at least 3 % of votes given by voters, who took part in
the voting, based on voting results, shall take part in distribution of
mandates of people's deputies of Ukraine.

Article 2. Universal Suffrage

1. Elections
of deputies are universal. Citizens of Ukraine who reached the age of 18 by
Election Day are granted suffrage rights.

2. A voter
shall exercise his/her right to vote based on being included on a voters list
at a polling station.

3. A
document that identifies a voter and confirms his/her citizenship at
parliamentary elections shall be:

1) a
passport of a citizen of Ukraine;

2) a
temporary ID card of a citizen of Ukraine (for individuals granted the
Ukrainian citizenship not long ago);

3) a
military card (exclusively for servicemen serving a mandatory conscription
period);

4) a card
(a certificate) issued by a penitentiary institution and having the full name,
date, month and year of birth, citizenship, an individual’s photo, signature of
a head of the institution and the seal of this institution (for jailed
individuals);

5) a
passport of a citizen of Ukraine for travels abroad;

6) a
diplomatic passport;

7) a service
passport;

8) a
seaman’s ID.

4. Documents
specified in paragraphs 1-3 of part 3 of this article shall be the basis for
receiving a ballot paper and may be used at general and special polling
stations.

5. A
document specified in paragraph 4 of part 3 of this article shall be the basis
for receiving a ballot paper and may be used at a special polling station
created in respective penitentiary institution.

6. Documents
specified in paragraphs 5-8 of part 3 of this article shall the basis for receiving
a ballot paper and may be used at polling stations established abroad as well
as at special polling stations established on vessels currently navigating
under the State Flag of Ukraine, and at a Ukrainian polar station. At polling
stations abroad established in states, which citizens of Ukraine may visit into
by internal passports, a passport of a citizen of Ukraine shall also be the
basis for receiving a ballot paper.

7. Citizens
of Ukraine that have the right to vote may take part in work of election
commissions as commission members, as well as in pre-election campaigning,
observe elections of deputies and perform other activities under the procedure
determined by this law and other laws of Ukraine.

8. Any
direct or indirect privileges or restrictions of the election right of citizens
of Ukraine based on race, color of skin, political, religious and other
beliefs, gender, ethnicity, social status, property status, place of residence,
language and other attributes shall be prohibited. It is inadmissible to
restrict citizens’ participation in the election process, except for
restrictions imposed by the Constitution of Ukraine and this Law.

9. A
citizen determined as incompetent by court decision shall not have the right to
vote.

10. A citizen
of Ukraine who resides or stays abroad during preparation and conduct of
elections shall have the right to vote in elections of people's deputies of Ukraine,
and this right shall be exercised through inclusion of this citizen into a
voter list of a respective polling station abroad established in accordance
with this Law.

11. Citizens
of Ukraine that have the right to vote are voters.

Article 3. Equal Suffrage

1. Elections
of people's deputies is equal: citizens of Ukraine shall take part in elections
on equal terms.

2. Each
voter shall have one vote at the elections of deputies. A voter may cast
his/her vote at one polling station only, where he/she is put in the voter
list. A voter shall exercise his/her right to vote during elections under the
procedure stipulated by this Law.

3 All
candidates for people's deputies of Ukraine (henceforth referred to as
candidates for deputies) shall have equal rights and opportunities to take part
in the election process.

4. All
parties (blocs) that are subjects of the election process shall have equal
rights and opportunities to take part in the election process under the
procedure and within limits stipulated by this Law.

5. Equal
rights and opportunities of candidates for deputies, parties (blocs) that are
subjects of the election process to take part in the election process shall be
secured by:

1) prohibition
of any privileges or restrictions to be imposed on candidates for deputies on
the basis of race, color of skin, political, religious and other beliefs,
gender, ethnicity, social and property status, place of residence, language and
other attributes;

2) prohibition
of any interference of state authorities and bodies of local self-government
into the election process, except for cases stipulated by this Law;

3) equal
and unbiased treatment of candidates for deputies, parties (blocs) that are
subjects of the election process by state authorities, bodies of local
self-government, their staff and officials;

4) prohibition
of utilization of any other funds except for funds from the election fund of
parties (blocs) and the funds of the State Budget of Ukraine allocated for
election campaigning according to this Law;

5) equal
and unbiased treatment of candidates for deputies, parties (blocs) that are
subjects of the election process by mass media.

Article 4. Direct Suffrage

Elections of
deputies are direct. Citizens of Ukraine shall elect deputies directly by
voting for candidates for deputies included in the election list of a party
(bloc).

Article 5. Voluntary Participation in the Elections

Citizens of Ukraine
shall voluntarily participate in elections of deputies. Nobody may be forced to
take part or refrain from participation in the elections,

Article 6. Free Elections

1. Elections
of deputies is free. Conditions shall be established to allow voters to form
their free will and freely declare thereof by voting.

2. It is
prohibited to use violence, threats, cheating, bribery or any other acts
impeding free formation and free declaration of a voter’s will.

3. In order
to ensure free expression of will, military servicemen on a mandatory
conscription shall be given at least a 4-hour time-off on Election Day.

Article 7. Secret Voting

1.Voting at elections of deputies shall be secret; it is prohibited to
control free expression of voters’ will.

2.Members of election commissions, other individuals are prohibited to
perform acts or disseminate information that would allow determining the will
expressed by voters.

Article 8. Personal Voting

Each voter
shall cast his or her vote in person. It is prohibited to vote instead of
another person or vote by proxy.

Article 9. Right to Be Elected

1. A
citizen of Ukraine who has reached the age of 21 years on Election Day, has the
right to vote, and has been residing in Ukraine for the last five years, may be
elected a deputy.

2. Of this
Law, residing in Ukraine shall mean:

1) residing
on the territory within the state border of Ukraine;

2) staying
on board of a vessel navigating under the State Flag of Ukraine;

3) citizens
of Ukraine staying abroad to work in diplomatic and other official
representative and consular offices of Ukraine, international organizations and
their bodies according to the procedure stipulated by law;

4) staying
at a polar station of Ukraine;

5) serving
in military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine deployed outside of Ukraine.

3. Individuals
who reside together with individuals specified in paragraph 3 of part 2 of this
Article as family members shall be considered as residing in Ukraine.

4. A
citizen convicted of a deliberate crime cannot be nominated, included on the
election list, or elected a deputy unless such conviction has been served and
pardoned under the procedure stipulated by the law.

Article 10. Right to Nominate Candidates for Deputies

1. Citizens
of Ukraine that have the right to vote may nominate candidates for deputies.
This right shall be exercised by them through parties (blocs) under the
procedure stipulated by this law.

2. Candidates
for deputies may be nominated by a party which was registered according to the
procedure stipulated by law at least 365 days before Election Day, or by an
Election bloc of parties if all the parties that compose it were registered at
least 365 days before Election Day.

Article 11. Election Process

1. The
election process is execution of election procedures, stipulated by this law,
by subjects determined in Article 12 of this Law.

2. Election
process shall be performed on the following principles:

1) Adherence
to Election law principles as determined in Articles 2 through 10 of this Law;

2) Lawfulness
and prohibition of any illegal interference into this process;

3) Political
pluralism and multi-party system;

4) Transparency
and openness;

5) freedom
of election campaigning, equal access of candidates for deputies, parties
(blocs) that are subjects of the Election process to mass media irrespective of
their form of ownership, except for media established (owned) by political
parties;

6) unbiased
approach of state executive authorities, local self-government bodies, courts,
enterprises, institutions, agencies and organizations, their heads and other
staff and officials towards parties (blocs) and candidates for deputies.

3. The Central
Election Commission shall announce the start of the election process in cases
and within time limits, stipulated by the Constitution of Ukraine and this Law.

4. Election
process shall comprise the following stages:

1) Formation
and modification of voter lists;

2) Establishment
of election districts;

3) Establishment
of polling stations;

4) Creation
of election commissions;

5) Nomination
and registration of candidates for deputies;

6) Holding
of the election campaign;

7) Voting;

8) Vote
tabulation and determination of voting results;

9) Determination
of results of elections of deputies and official promulgation thereof;

10) Termination
of election commissions’ work.

5. The
election process terminates 15 days after the official promulgation of the
results of elections of people's deputies of Ukraine by the Central Election
Commission.

6. Stages
of election process specified in sub-paragraphs 1, 2 and 10 of paragraph 4 of
this Article may partly exceed the time periods of the election process
stipulated by paragraph 3 and paragraph 5 of this Article.

Article 12. Subjects of the Election Process

Subjects of
the election process include:

1)a voter;

2)an election commission established in accordance with this Law or the
Law of Ukraine on the Central Election Commission;

3)a party (bloc) that nominated candidates for deputies;

4)a candidate for deputy registered according to the procedure stipulated
by this Law;

5)an official observer from a party (bloc) that is a subject of the
election process.

Article 13. Transparency and Openness of the Election
Process

1. Preparation
to and conduct of elections of deputies shall be public and open.

2. Election
commissions shall:

1) inform
citizens on their composition, location and working hours, on creation of
territorial election districts and polling stations, on place and time of
voting, on basic rights of voters, including their right to complain against
unlawful decisions, actions or inaction of election commissions and their members,
state executive authorities and bodies of local self-government, enterprises,
institutions, agencies and organizations, their heads, other staff and
officials;

2) ensure
that all subjects of the election process have an opportunity to familiarize
themselves with voter lists, election lists of parties (blocs), election
programs of parties (blocs), information on candidates for deputies, and the
procedure of marking ballot papers;

3) explain
to voters the voting procedure, and the procedure of marking ballot papers;

4) promulgate
voting results and results of elections of deputies;

5) provide
other information in cases and according to the procedure stipulated by this
Law.

3. Decisions
of election commissions and decisions of state authorities and bodies of local
self-government dealing with elections of deputies shall be brought to notice
of all citizens through printed media or, in case of impossibility of informing
through printed media, through other media.

4. Mass
media shall ensure impartial coverage of preparation to and conduct of the
elections. Mass media representatives shall be guarantied free access to all
public events dealing with the elections, and access to meetings of election
commissions and to a polling station on Election Day under the terms stipulated
by paragraph 3 of Article 34 of this Law. Election commissions, state executive
authorities, bodies of local self-government, their staff and officials are
obligated to provide mass media with information on preparation to and conduct
of the elections within their authority.

5. Diplomatic
and other official representative offices, consular institutions of Ukraine
that host polling stations abroad in states where many Ukrainians that have the
right of vote reside, shall ensure publication of information in local media on
place and time of voting, location of respective polling stations, procedures
and terms of petitioning district election commissions, in particular on
matters of including voters in voter lists of the polling station abroad.

Article 14. Legislation on Elections of Deputies

Preparation to
and conduct of elections of deputies are regulated by the Constitution of
Ukraine, the Law of Ukraine On the Central Election Commission, this Law
and other laws of Ukraine, and other legal acts passed in accordance with these
acts.

Chapter
II - TYPES OF ELECTIONS
OF DEPUTIES, PROCEDURE, AND TERMS OF THEIR SCHEDULING AND CONDUCT

Article 15. Types of Elections of Deputies and
Procedure of their Scheduling

1. There
may be regular and extraordinary elections.

2. Regular
elections shall be scheduled due to termination of the constitutional term of
authority of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and does not require special
decision on its scheduling.

3. Extraordinary
elections of deputies shall be scheduled by the President of Ukraine on the
basis and under the procedure stipulated by the Constitution of Ukraine.

Article 16. Time Periods of Elections Conduct

1. Regular
elections of deputies shall be held on the last Sunday of March of the last
year of authority of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

2. The
election process of the regular elections of deputies shall start 120 days
before Election Day. The Central Election Commission shall make announcement
about the beginning of the election process no later than 125 days prior to
Election Day.

3. Extraordinary
elections of deputies shall take place on the last Sunday of the 60-day period
after publication of the Decree of the President of Ukraine on pre-term termination
of authority of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, issued in accordance with the
Constitution of Ukraine.

4. The
election process of an extraordinary elections of deputies shall start on the
following day after the day of publication of the Decree of the President of
Ukraine specified in paragraph 3 of this Law.

Article 17. Calculation of Time Periods

1. Time
periods stipulated by this Law shall be calculated in calendar days; in
individual cases, time periods shall be calculated in hours and minutes.

2. The
first day of the time period, which according to this Law should begin as a
result of a certain event, shall be the day following the day of this event.

3. The last
day of the time period, which according to this Law should end as a result of a
certain event, shall be the day before the day of this event.

Article 18. National and Territorial Election
Districts

1. Elections
of deputies shall be held in the all-national multi-mandate constituency
comprising the whole territory of Ukraine and the foreign election district.

2. For
holding of elections of deputies, the territory of Ukraine shall be divided
into 225 territorial election districts. The number of such election districts
in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblasts, cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol
(hereinafter referred to as regions) shall be determined by the Central
Election Commission, taking into account their administrative and territorial
arrangement. Territorial election districts shall be created with approximately
the same number of polling stations based on the number of polling stations
created during the previous regular elections of the President of Ukraine or
elections of people's deputies of Ukraine, A territorial election district
shall comprise one or several rayons, and/or towns. More than one territorial
election district may be created on the territory of big cities. It is not
allowed to include parts of territories of two or more regions into one
territorial election district.

3. The out
of country election district shall include all polling stations abroad created
in accordance with Article 22 of this Law.

4. The
Central Election Commissions shall make a decision on creation of territorial election
districts no later than 110 days before Election Day.

5. The
Central Election Commissions shall publish a decision to establish territorial
election districts with indication of their numbers, boundaries and district
centers in state-owned printed media within three days after passing the
respective decision, and in regional printed media within seven days after the
day of passage of this decision.

Article 19. Polling Stations

1.Polling stations shall be created for preparation of organization and
conduct of voting and vote tabulation.

2. A
polling station may be regular, special, or out of country.

3. The
number of voters within the jurisdiction of a polling station shall range from
20 to 2500. Polling stations shall be divided into:

1) small —
with the number of voters up to 500 individuals;

2) medium —
with the number of voters from 500 to 1500 individuals;

3) large —
with the number of voters over 1500 individuals.

4. If there
are less or more voters than the limits for a polling station on the respective
territory, in an institution or organization, and it is impossible to include
such voters (or their excessive number) into another polling station or to
establish an additional polling station on this territory, in the institution
or organization, this polling station shall be established with the number
exceeding or less than the limits for the number of voters.

5. Polling
stations shall be established no later than 50 days before Election Day.

6. A
district election commission by its decision shall establish unique numeration
of polling stations in its respective territorial election district.

Article 20. Regular Polling Stations

1. Regular
polling stations shall be created for organization of voting of voters in places
of settlements.

2. Regular
polling stations shall be created by territorial election commissions within
time limits stipulated by paragraph 5 of Article 19 of this Law upon submission
of executive committees of village, settlement, city (towns without rayon
councils) councils, rayon councils in cities, and in case of absence of such
bodies upon submission of heads of respective village, settlement, and city
councils, heads of rayon councils in cities or officials being authorized by
law to perform their functions. These submissions shall be filed with a
territorial election commission by respective bodies or officials no later than
58 days before Election Day.

3. A
territorial election commission with its decision shall determine boundaries of
each regular polling station (name of the settlement, street, a list of
residential buildings), as well as the location of the polling election
commission and the premises for voting.

Article 21. Special Polling Stations

1. Special
polling stations shall be established in stationary medical institutions, on
vessels navigating under the State Flag of Ukraine on Election Day, at polar
stations of Ukraine, in penitentiary institutions and other places of temporary
stay of voters with limited freedom of movement. Special polling stations are
established in order to allow the voters to vote without violation of the
internal operations regime in the respective institution (facility). It is not
allowed to establish more than one polling station for two or more institutions
or facilities.

2. Special
polling stations shall be created by territorial election commissions at places
of location of respective institutions or facilities, or at a place of
registration of a vessel or a polar station within time limits stipulated by
paragraph 5 of Article 19 of this Law on the basis of submissions by rayon
state administrations or city executive committees of cities of oblast
(republican in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea) significance. These
submissions shall be filed with a territorial election commission by respective
bodies or officials no later than 58 days before Election Day.

3. In a submission regarding creation of a special polling
station in a respective institution or facility one shall include:

1) name of the institution or facility;

2) legal address of the institution or facility;

3) approximate number of voters that would stay in the
institution or facility at Election Day;

4) availability of respective premises for voting and its
address (in the event when the address of the premises is
different from the legal address of the institution or facility);

5) commitment of management of the institution or facility to
ensure open access to the premises for voting for members of the respective
election commission and individuals authorized by this Law to be present during
the voting and vote tabulation.

4. In a submission regarding creation of a special polling
station on the vessel that is navigating under the State Flag of Ukraine one
shall include:

1) the name of the vessel;

2) port of the vessel registration;

3) approximate number of voters on the vessel;

4) the last day before the leaving of the vessel from the
port of registration prior to Election Day;

5) approximate date of return to any port of Ukraine
closest to Election Day.

5. No
polling stations are usually created at military units (formations). Military
servicemen shall cast their votes at regular polling stations located outside
of military units (formations). A special polling station on the territory of a
military unit (formation) deployed outside of a settlement on a big distance
from it may be created as an exception by the Central Election Commission upon
submission of the respective district election commission. Such a submission
shall be received by the Central Election Commission no later than 58 days
before Election Day. In this submission, apart from the information required by
part three of this Article, a justification of the necessity to create the
respective special polling station shall be included. The basis for this
submission shall be a petition of the commander of the military unit
(formation) to the respective district election commission that should be
received no later than 58 days before Election Day.

6. In the
submission stipulated by paragraph 5 of this Article, one shall include:

1) the number of and/or the address of the military unit
(formation);

2) a justification of the necessity to create of the
special polling station in a military unit (formation);

3) approximate number of voters at such polling station;

4) availability of respective premises for voting and its
address (in the event when the address of the premises is
different from the legal address of the military unit (formation);

5) commitment to ensure open access to the premises for voting for
members of the respective election commission and individuals authorized by
this Law to be present during the voting and vote tabulation.

7. In
exceptional events of creation of a new medical treatment facility,
penitentiary institution or other institution (facility) where voters with
limited freedom of movement would temporarily stay, an unexpected beginning of
navigation of a vessel under the State Flag of Ukraine, or an unexpected
creation (relocation) of a military unit (formation) that is dispatched long
distance from a settlement, the Central Election Commission may create a
special polling station no later than 10 days before Election Day upon
submission of the respective district election commission. The said submission
should be made no later than 15 days before Election Day. This submission shall
be filed by the district election commission no later than 15 days before
Election Day on the basis of a respective petition of a rayon state administration,
city executive committee of the city of oblast significance (republican
significance, in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea), or a commander of the
military unit (formation). This submission shall include information stipulated
respectively by paragraphs 3, 4, or 6 of this Article.

8. A
district election commission shall submit to the Central Election Commission
its proposals regarding a polling station’s number in the event of creation of
a special polling station according to paragraphs 5 and 7 of this Law.

Article 22. Polling Stations Abroad

1. Polling
stations abroad shall be created by the Central Election Commission upon
submission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

2. Polling
stations abroad shall be created at diplomatic and other official
representative offices and consular institutions of Ukraine abroad, in military
units (formations) deployed outside of Ukraine.

3. The list
of states where many Ukrainian voters reside shall be determined by the Central
Election Commission no later than on September 15 of the year before the year
of regularly elections of deputies upon submission of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Ukraine.

4. In
certain cases, a polling station abroad may be established with premises for voting
outside of an official representative office or consular institution of Ukraine.
Such polling stations may be created only in big cities of the foreign state
where at least 1000 Ukrainian citizens who have voter rights reside or
temporarily stay.

5. In order
to ensure timely establishment of polling stations abroad, the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, immediately after announcement of the start of the election
process, shall request that the authorities of foreign states grant approval,
in particular, to establish polling stations with premises for voting outside
of the official representative office or a consular institution of Ukraine.

6. The
Central Election Commission shall establish polling stations abroad within time
limits determined by paragraph 5 of Article 19 of this Law. The Central
Election Commission with its decision shall determine boundaries of each
polling station; name and address of a diplomatic, other official
representation or a consular institution of Ukraine abroad, where a polling
station shall be created or name and location of a military unit (formation)
deployed outside of Ukraine; shall determine the premises for voting at a
polling station abroad; shall establish a unique numeration of polling stations
abroad.

7. A submission
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine as stipulated by part 1 of this
Law shall be received by the Central Election Commission no later than 55 days
before Election Day. This submission shall be signed by the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Ukraine and sealed with the Ministry’s seal. A submission shall
indicate as follows:

1) name of
the foreign state where a polling station should be established;

2) name and
address of diplomatic, other official representative office or a consular institution
of Ukraine abroad where a polling station shall be created, name and address of
a military unit (formation) deployed outside of Ukraine;

3) name and
address of the premises for voting;

4) availability
of a written approval of respective authorities of the state of location to
open a polling station abroad, including the permission to use the premises for
voting outside of an official representative office or a consular institution
of Ukraine;

5) boundaries
of each polling station taking into account territories of consular districts
or their parts;

6) approximate
number of voters to be included in voter lists.

8. In
exceptional cases when a new diplomatic or other official representative office
or consular institution of Ukraine is opened abroad, or a military unit
(formation) re-locates, the Central Election Commission may open a polling
station abroad no later than 10 days before Election Day upon submission of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. This submission should be received by
the Central Election Commission no later than 15 days to Election Day. Such
submission, in addition to the information stipulated by paragraph 7 of this
Article, shall contain a mandatory justification of the necessity to establish
a respective polling station abroad.

Article 23. Publication of Decisions on Creation of
Polling Stations

1. A
decision of a district election commission on creation of regular and special
polling stations with indication of polling stations numbers, their boundaries or
institutions (facilities) where they are established, location of respective
polling station commissions and premises for voting shall be published in
regional and local printed media, or if such publication is impossible shall be
promulgated otherwise no later than five days after the date of the decision.

2. A
decision of the Central Election Commission on creation of a special polling
station in accordance with paragraphs 5 or 7 of Article 21 of this Law shall be
published in respective regional or local printed media or, if such publication
is impossible, it shall be made public otherwise no later than five days after
the date of the decision.

3. A
decision of the Central Election Commission on creation of polling stations
abroad shall be published in national printed media. The respective official
representative office or a consular institution of Ukraine in the state where a
foreign polling station is created shall publish an announcement on opening a
polling station abroad with indication of information stipulated by paragraph 6
of Article 22 of this Law, in printed media accessible to citizens of Ukraine
residing or temporarily staying on respective territory, or if such publication
is impossible, it shall be made public otherwise no later than five days after
the date of the decision.

4. A
decision of a district election commission on establishing of regular and
special polling stations according to the procedure stipulated by paragraph 2
of Article 20 and paragraph 2 of Article 21 of this Law shall be forwarded to
authorized representatives of parties (blocs) that are subjects of the election
process in the respective territorial election district no later than on the
next day after the date of this decision.

5. A
decision of the Central Election Commission on establishing polling stations
abroad according to the procedure stipulated by paragraph six or eight of
Article 22 of this Law shall be forwarded to authorized representatives of
parties (blocs) that are subjects of the election process in the Central
Election Commission no later than on the next day after the date of this
decision.

Article 24. The System of Election Commissions

1. The
system of election commissions that prepare and conduct elections of deputies
shall comprise:

1) the
Central Election Commission;

2) district
election commissions;

3) polling
station commissions.

2. Authority
of election commissions with regard to preparation to and conduct of elections
of deputies shall be exercised by:

1) the
Central Election Commission – on the whole territory of Ukraine and in the out
of country election district;

2) a
district election commission – within boundaries of a territorial election
district;

3) a
polling station commission – within boundaries of a polling station.

3. Authority
of the district election commission of the out of country election district
shall be exercised by the Central Election Commission.

Article 25. Status of Election Commissions

1. Election
commissions shall be special collective bodies authorized to prepare and
conduct elections of deputies and ensure compliance with and equal application
of laws of Ukraine on elections of deputies.

2. The
status of the Central Election Commission is determined by the Constitution of Ukraine,
the Law of Ukraine On the Central Election Commission, this Law and
other laws of Ukraine. The Central Election Commission shall preside over the
system of election commissions that prepare and conduct elections of deputies, and
shall be the higher level commission for all district election commissions and
polling station commissions stipulated by this Law.

3. The
Central Election Commission shall not be legal inheritor of district election
commissions.

4. The
status of district election commissions and polling station commissions shall
be determined by this Law.

5. A
district election commission shall be a legal entity. A district election
commission shall be a commission of higher level to all polling station
commissions within boundaries of the respective territorial election district
on issues dealing with elections of deputies.

6. A
polling station commission shall not be a legal entity. A polling station
commission shall be a subject of the respective election process, shall have
the right of petitioning state authorities and bodies of local self-governance
within limits of its competence, as well as enterprises, institutions,
organizations and facilities, their staff and officials. A polling station
commission shall have its own seal, a sample of which shall be approved by the
Central Election Commission.

Article 26. Requirements to
Members of District Election Commissions or Polling Station Commissions

1. Voters
residing on the territory of Ukraine may be members of a district election
commission or a polling station commission of a regular or a special polling
station.

2. A voter
may be member of only one election commission that is charged with preparation
and conduct of elections of people's deputies of Ukraine; as well as
commissions on elections of President of Ukraine, elections of deputies of the
Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, elections of deputies of
local councils and village, settlement, city mayors, commissions on national or
local referendum if these elections shall be held at the same time with
elections of the people's deputies of Ukraine.

3. Candidates
for deputies, representatives of parties (blocs) in the Central Election
Commission, authorized representatives of parties (blocs) that are subjects of
the election process, staff and officials of state authorities and bodies of
local self-government, employees of courts and law-enforcement bodies, and
citizens detained by penitentiary institutions or individuals convicted of a
deliberate crime, unless such conviction was served or pardoned under the
procedure stipulated by law, cannot be members of district election commissions
or polling station commissions.

4. A
polling station commission of a special polling station established in a
stationary medical treatment facility or a penitentiary institution may not
include employees of respective facility or institution.

5. If other
elections are held simultaneously with the elections of deputies, district
election commissions or polling station commissions shall not include
candidates at these elections, their authorized or entrusted representatives,
and authorized representatives of other subjects of the respective election
process.

6. A
secretary of a district election commission or a polling station commission
shall have command of the state language at the level required for paperwork.

Article 27. Procedure of Creation
of a District Election Commission

1. The
Central Election Commissions shall establish a district election commission no
later than 60 days before Election Day. It shall comprise a head, deputy head,
secretary, and other commission members no less than 12 and no more than 18
individuals.

2. Parties
(blocs) that in the current composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine have
their party factions (bloc factions) as of 15 September of the year preceding
the election year, as well as other parties (blocs) that are subjects of the
election process shall have the right to nominate members of district election
commissions.

3. One
representative from each party (bloc) that have their party factions (bloc
factions) in the current composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine as of
September 15 of the year preceding the election year must be included in the
membership of the district election commission upon respective submission. No
more than one representative from other parties (blocs) that are subjects of
the election process shall be included in the membership of the district
election commission by casting lot by the Central Election Commission no later
than on the third day after the day of expiration of the period of making
submissions, stipulated by paragraph 4 of this Article. Nominees included in
the membership of a district election commission may be rejected only on the
basis of their incompliance with the requirements stipulated by Article 26 of
this Law or because of the mechanism of casting lot stipulated by this
paragraph.

4. Central
governing body of a party (governing body of a bloc), no later than 68 days
before Election Day, shall submit a list of individuals nominated by a party
(bloc), who are members of such party (parties comprising a bloc) or
non-affiliated individuals, to be included into respective district election
commission (no more than one candidate per each commission) in hard copy form
and electronic form to the Central Election Commission in the format approved
by the Central Election Commission. This submission shall indicate nominees for
a head, deputy head and a secretary of the commission. The submission shall be
signed by the party leader (leaders of parties constituting a bloc) and sealed
with a party seal (seals of parties constituting a bloc).

5. Nomination
of candidates for district election commissions shall indicate as follows:

1) full
name of the individual;

2) year of
birth (date of birth for those who would reach the age of 18 in the year of
elections);

3) citizenship
of the individual;

4) place of
residence and address of the individual, and also contact phone numbers;

5) command
of the state language;

6) education;

7) place of
work and position;

8) previous
of experience in work of election commissions;

9) respective
experience or training;

10) position
in the commission for which an individual is nominated.

6. A
nomination should be accompanied with an request of an individual nominated for
a district election commission on his/her consent to take part in commission’s
work on behalf of the respective party (bloc).

7. Technical
errors or inaccuracies in submissions shall not be the basis for rejection of
nominated candidates. The Central Election Commission shall immediately inform
a representative from the respective party (bloc) in the Central Election
Commission about such errors and inaccuracies. These errors and inaccuracies
may be corrected through an amended submission on respective candidates no
later than on the next day upon receipt of the indicated information. If an
amended submission shall not be received in the specified period, the
respective candidates shall be rejected.

8. In the
event when no submissions for the membership of a district election commission
are received in the period stipulated by this Article or if the number of
nominees for members of a district election commission is less than 12, the
Central Election Commission shall create a district election commission upon
submission of its head in the count of 12 individuals with mandatory engagement
of individuals nominated by parties (blocs) stipulated by paragraph 2 of this
Article.

9. Head,
deputy head and a secretary of a district election commission may not represent
the same party (bloc).

10. Each
party (bloc) that has members in district election commissions shall have the
right for a proportional share of each category of management positions in
district election commissions. Share of management positions reserved for each
party (bloc) within the all-national constituency shall be determined by the
number of nominees from a party (bloc) included into district election
commissions and the overall number of individuals included into district
election commissions from parties (blocs). An individual included into a
district election commission upon submission of the Head of the Central
Election Commission may not be appointed to management position in a commission
except in cases when submissions from parties (blocs) for membership in a
respective district election commission were not received or the number of
nominees was less than the required number. The procedure of management
positions distribution between parties (blocs) within shares stipulated by this
Article shall be determined by the Central Election Commission. At the same
time, positions granted to representatives of each party (bloc) shall be evenly
distributed throughout the territory of Ukraine.

11. Decisions
on creation of district election commissions and their composition passed in
accordance with this Law shall by published by the Central Election Commission
within three days following adoption of the respective decision in state
printed media. A part of this decision concerning creation of district election
commissions and their composition in respective region shall be published by
the Central Election Commission in regional printed media within seven days
after making this decision. Decisions on making amendments to composition of a
district election commission shall be published under the same procedure within
the same time limits but no later than on the last day before Election Day.

Article 28. Procedure of Creation
of Polling Station Commissions at Regular or Special Polling Stations

1. A
polling station commission shall be created by the respective district election
commission no later than 35 days before Election Day. It shall comprise a head,
deputy head, a secretary, and other commission members.

2. A
polling station commission shall comprise:

1) for
small polling stations — 10-18 individuals;

2) for
medium polling stations — 14-20 individuals;

3) for
large polling stations — 18-24 individuals.

3. At
polling stations where the number of voters does not exceed 50 individuals, a
polling station commission may comprise a head, secretary and 2-4 commission
members.

4. Parties
(blocs) that in the current composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine have
their party factions (bloc factions) as of 15 September of the year preceding
the election year, as well as other parties (blocs) that are subjects of the
election process shall have the right to nominate members of polling station
commissions. An authorized representative of a party (bloc) in the respective
territorial election district or all-national constituency shall file this
submission.

5. A
polling station commission of a regular or a special polling station, except
for cases stipulated by paragraph 12 of this Law, must comprise, upon
availability of respective submissions, of one representative from a party
(bloc) that have their party factions (bloc factions) in the current
composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine as of 15 September of the year
preceding the election year. No more than one representative from each party
(bloc) that are subjects of the election process shall be included into a
polling station commission by casting lot by a district election commission no
later than on the 3rd day after expiration of the time period for
submissions stipulated by paragraph 6 of this Article. Nominees to the
membership of a polling station commission may be rejected only because of
their failure to comply with requirements stipulated by Article 26 of this Law
or because of the mechanism of casting lot stipulated by this paragraph, as
well as because of violation of requirements for submissions as stipulated by
paragraphs 6 and 7 of this Article.

6. An
authorized representative of a party (bloc) in the respective territorial
district or all-national constituency no later than 45 days before Election Day
shall file the list of nominees from a party (bloc) who are members of such
party (parties constituting a bloc) or non-affiliated individuals (no more than
one candidate per one election commission) in hard copy form and electronic
form to a respective district election commission for including them into
respective polling station commissions. This submission shall contain
indication of individuals nominated for a head, deputy head, and a secretary of
a commission. This submission should be signed by a head of the respective
party branch (heads of branches of a party constituting a bloc) and sealed with
a seal of the respective party branch (seals of respective branch of a party
constituting a bloc).

7. Submissions
of candidates for polling station commission members shall contain information
stipulated by paragraph 5 of Article 27 of this Law. A submission shall be
accompanied with acts of individuals nominated for polling station commission
members, on their consent to take part in commission’s work on behalf of the
respective party (bloc).

8. In case
when no submissions for the membership of a polling station commission are
received in the period stipulated by paragraph 6 of this Article or the number
of nominees for polling station commission members is less than the minimum
number stipulated by paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, a district election
commission shall create a polling station commission upon submission of
district election commission’s head in the count of minimum number stipulated
by paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article with mandatory consideration of nominees
by parties (blocs) stipulated by paragraph 4 of this Article.

9. Technical
errors or inaccuracies in submissions shall not be the basis for rejection of
nominated candidates. Upon discovery of such errors and inaccuracies a district
election commission shall immediately inform a representative from the
respective party (bloc) in the territorial election district about them. These
errors and inaccuracies may be corrected through an amended submission on
respective candidates no later than on the next day upon receipt of the indicated
information. If an amended submission shall not be received in the specified
period, the respective candidates shall be rejected.

10. Each
party (bloc) that has members in polling station commissions shall have the
right for a proportional share of each category of management positions in
polling station commissions at each small, medium, and large polling station
within boundaries of the territorial election district, and this share depends
on the number of candidates nominated by the respective parties (blocs)
included into polling station commissions. Share of management positions
reserved for each party (bloc) in each category of polling stations within
boundaries of the territorial election district shall be determined by the
number of nominees from a party (bloc) included into membership of each
category of polling station commissions and the overall number of individuals
included into membership of each category of polling station commissions from
parties (blocs). An individual included into a polling station commission upon
submission of a district election commission head may not hold a management
position in the election commission except in cases when submissions from
parties (blocs) for membership in a respective election commission were not
received or the number of nominees was less than the required number. The
procedure of management positions distribution between parties (blocs)
according to shares stipulated by this Law shall be determined by the Central
Election Commission.

11. A head,
deputy head and a secretary of a polling station commission may not represent
the same party (bloc) that is the subject of the election process.

12. A polling
station commission of a special polling station established on a vessel
navigating under the State Flag of Ukraine on Election Day, on a polar station
of Ukraine, shall be established by a district election commission at the place
of registration of a vessel, a polar station of Ukraine upon submission of,
respectively, a captain of the vessel or head of a polar station of Ukraine,
which may be sent by technical communication means in the time period
stipulated by paragraph 6 of this Article.

13. If a
special polling station is created as an exception in accordance with paragraph
7 of Article 21 of this Law, a polling station commission shall be established
by the Central Election Commission simultaneously with creation of a polling
station upon submission of a district election commission.

14. A
district election commission shall inform authorized representatives of all
parties (blocs) in the respective territorial election district on preparation
of submission to the Central Election Commission for creation of the special
polling station as an exception and propose that they nominate candidates for
polling station commission members under the procedure stipulated by this
Article, within time periods specified by the district election commission but
no later than 5 days after the notice.

15. A
decision on creation of a polling station commission shall be published in
regional and local printed media or, if it is impossible, shall be made public
by other means no later than on the 5th day after passing of the
decision. A decision on creation of a polling station commission of the special
polling station created as an exception, and a decision on changes in
composition of polling station commissions shall be published or promulgated
under the procedure and in the time periods stipulated by this paragraph but no
later than on the last day before Election Day.

Article 29. Procedure of Creation
of a Polling Station Commission in a Polling Station Abroad

1. A
polling station commission of a polling station abroad shall be created by the
Central Election Commission no later than 35 days before Election Day; it shall
comprise a head, deputy head, secretary, and other commission members. A
numeric composition of a polling station commission of a polling station abroad
shall be determined according to paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 28 of this Law.

2. A
polling station commission of a polling station abroad may comprise voters
residing or staying on the territory of the respective foreign state during
preparation to and conduct of elections.

3. Parties
(blocs) that in the current composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine have
their party factions (bloc factions) as of 15 September of the year preceding
the election year, other parties (blocs) that are subjects of the election
process as well as Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine shall have the right
to nominate members of polling station commissions of polling stations abroad.

4. Central
management body of a party (management body of a bloc) shall file a list of
nominees form a party (bloc) who are party members (members of parties constituting
a bloc) or non-affiliated individuals (one candidate per one election
commission) to the Central Election Commission to be included into the
respective polling station commissions of polling stations abroad no later than
45 days before Election Day. The submission shall indicate proposed nominees
for a head, deputy head, and a secretary of a commission. The submission shall
be singed by a head of party (heads of parties constituting a bloc) and sealed
with a party seal (seals of parties constituting a bloc).

5. The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall include into a submission, filed within terms
specified in paragraph 4 of this Article, employees of diplomatic or other
official representative offices of Ukraine abroad, servicemen of military
unites (formations) deployed outside of Ukraine, or other citizens of Ukraine
that have the right of vote and reside or stay in the period of preparation and
conduct of elections on the territory of the respective foreign state, in the
quantity no less than the minimum number and no more than the average numerical
strength of polling station commission members as stipulated by paragraphs 2 or
3 of Article 28 of this Law.

6. A
submission of nominees to polling station commission members shall contain
information stipulated by paragraph 5 of Article 27 of this Law. Nomination
should be accompanied with acts of individuals nominated to be polling station
commission members, on their consent to take part in a commission’s work on
behalf of the respective party (bloc) or upon submission of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

7. A
polling station commission of a polling station abroad shall comprise (if there
are respective submissions) no more than one representative from each party
(bloc) that are subjects of nomination of candidates. This shall be done in
compliance with paragraph 5 of Article 28 of this Law.

8. A
polling station commission of a polling station abroad shall include, in
compliance with paragraphs 2 and 6 of this Article and Article 26 of this Law,
candidates nominated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in such quantity that
the numerical strength of an election commission comply with requirements of
paragraphs 2 or 3 of Article 28 of this Law.

9. Only
incompliance with requirements stipulated by paragraph 26 of this Law and also
by paragraphs 2 and 6 of this Article or because of the mechanism of casting
lot stipulated by paragraph 5 of Article 28 of this Law can serve as the
grounds for rejection of nominated candidates.

10. Technical
errors or inaccuracies in submissions of parties (blocs) shall not serve as the
grounds for rejection of nominated candidates. Upon discovery of such errors
and inaccuracies the Central Election Commission shall immediately inform a
representative from the respective party (bloc) in the Central Election
Commission about them. These errors and inaccuracies may be corrected through
an amended submission on respective candidates no later than on the next day
upon receipt of the indicated information.

11. Each
party (bloc) shall have the right for a proportional share of management
positions in each category of polling station commissions in small, medium, and
large polling stations separately within boundaries of the foreign election
district, and this share is defined based on the number of candidates nominated
by respective parties (blocs) included into election commissions. A share of
management positions for each party (bloc) in each category of polling stations
within boundaries of the foreign election district shall be determined by the
number of nominees from a party (bloc) included into election commissions of
each category of polling stations and the overall number of individuals
included into polling station commissions of the respective category of
election commissions on behalf of parties (blocs). The procedure of management
positions’ distribution between parties (blocs) according to shares stipulated
by this paragraph shall be determined by the Central Election Commission.

12. An
individual included into a polling station commission by submission of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs may be appointed to a management position in the
election commission only if there are no other nominees for this position from
parties (blocs).

13. If a
polling station abroad is established as an exception in accordance with
paragraph 8 of Article 22 of this Law, a polling station commission shall be
created by the Central Election Commission simultaneously with creation of a
polling station abroad upon submission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Ukraine. This submission shall be made in compliance with paragraphs 2 and 6 of
this Article, as well as Article 26 and paragraph 14 of Article 28 of this Law
simultaneously with submission on creation of a polling station.

14. Decision
on creation of polling station commissions of polling stations abroad and on
their composition passed in accordance with requirements of this Law shall be
published by the Central Election Commission within three days after adoption of
the respective decision in state mass media. A decision on creation of a
polling station commission of a polling station abroad, established as an
exception in accordance with paragraph 8 of Article 22 of this Law shall be
published under the same procedure and within the same time limits but no later
than five days before Election Day. Respective official representations and
consular institutions of Ukraine shall, taking into account local conditions of
the respective foreign state, publish information on location, postal address
and working hours of polling station commissions established at diplomatic and
other official representative offices and consular institutions of Ukraine
abroad, including those located outside of official representative offices and
consular institutions of Ukraine, at military units (formations), deployed
outside of Ukraine.

Article 30. Powers of the Central
Election Commission

1. Powers
of the Central Election Commission in preparation and conduct of elections of
deputies are determined by this Law, the Law of Ukraine On the Central
Election Commission and other laws of Ukraine.

2. In
addition to powers determined by the Law of Ukraine On the Central Election
Commission, the Central Election Commission shall:

1) monitor adherence
to election legislation and ensure its uniform application by voters, district
and polling station commissions and commission members, executive authorities
and bodies of local self-government, staff and officials of such bodies,
enterprises, institutions, organizations and their employees, mass media, their
owners, staff and creative employees, candidates for deputies, parties (blocs),
their representatives and authorized individuals, official observers, other
associations of citizens;

2) provide logistical
support to election commissions activities;

3) organize
training of heads, deputy heads, and secretaries of district commissions;

4) convoke, in
cases of necessity on its own initiative, meetings of subordinate election
commissions;

5) establish
regulations and approve the list of equipment for premises of an election
commission and premises for voting, and also types of services and work to be
rendered to election commissions;

6) terminate flow
of funds on accounts of district election commissions with banking institutions
when the authority of such commissions expire or if a commission violates
budgetary and financial discipline; pass decision on transfer of remaining
funds to the account of the Central Election Commission;

7) ensure
publication of informational posters of parties (blocs) that are subjects of
the election process;

8) ensure
centralized publication of and control over absentee certificates for the right
of vote in elections of deputies and their delivery to district election
commissions;

9) approve the
format and the text of a ballot paper for elections of deputies; ensure
centralized publication of the required number of ballot papers and their
delivery to district election commissions;

10) provide
ballot papers, absentee certificate forms, forms of other documents, seals, and
stamps to a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for
delivery to polling station commissions of polling stations abroad;

11) determine
voting results and draw up a protocol on voting results within the foreign
election district;

12) consider
claims and complaints dealing with preparation to and conduct of the elections
in the foreign election district and pass decisions on them;

13) register
official observers from parties (blocs), public organizations in the foreign
election district;

14) exercise
other powers of a district election commission in the foreign election
district, as well as exercise other powers stipulated by this Laws and other
laws of Ukraine.

3.
In order to ensure organizational, legal and technical aspects of
exercise of powers stipulated by this Law and the Law of Ukraine On the
Central Election Commission, the Central Election Commission may hire
respective specialists, experts, and technical staff.

Article 31. Powers of District
Election Commissions

1. Powers
of a district election commission shall commence upon the moment of taking the
oath by no less than two thirds of its minimum number of members, stipulated by
paragraph 1 of Article 27 of this Law, on its first meeting that shall be
called no later than on the third day after the day when the decision on its
creation was made.

2. A
district election commissions shall:

1) ensure
preparation and conduct of elections of people's deputies within the boundaries
of a territorial election district;

2) control,
within the boundaries of respective territorial election district, adherence to
and equal application of the legislation on elections of people's deputies by
voters, polling station commissions and their members, executive authorities
and local self-government bodies, staff and officials of such bodies,
enterprises, institutions, agencies, organizations and their officials, mass
media, their owners, staff and creative staff members, candidates, parties
(blocs), their representatives and authorized individuals, official observers,
and other associations of citizens;

3) render
legal, logistical, and technical assistance to polling station commissions;
organize training of such commission members on the election process organization
issues;

4) establish
polling stations, except for cases stipulated by paragraphs 5 and 7 of Article
21 of this Law, determine their boundaries and unique numeration within in the
territorial election district;

5) establish
polling station commissions in accordance with this Law, except for cases
stipulated by paragraph 13 of Article 28 of this Law;

6) if
required, convoke meetings of a polling station commission on its own
initiative;

7) makes
decisions on use of funds from the State Budget of Ukraine allocated for
preparation to and conduct of the elections of deputies under the procedure
established by the Central Election Commission;

8) control
composition of voter lists at polling stations on the territory of the election
district by bodies authorized to do so by law, deliver these lists to
respective polling station commissions, control their presentation for public
inspection;

9) control
activities of executive authorities and bodies of local self-government on
issues of rendering premises for voting, transport, communication means,
equipment; consider and solve, within its competence, other issues of
logistical support of the elections on the territory of the election district;

10) together
with respective executive authorities and bodies of local self-government,
facilitate meetings of candidates for deputies, authorized representatives of
parties (blocs) with voters at enterprises, institutions, organizations of all
forms of ownership, and organize such meetings in cases stipulated by this Law;

11) deliver
ballot papers, absentee certificate forms and forms of other documents to
polling station commissions as stipulated by this Law; ensure control over the
count of ballot papers and absentee certificate forms within boundaries of its
district;

12) ensure
production of seals, stamps and deliver them to polling station commissions;

13) hear
information of polling station commissions, local executive authorities and
bodies of local self-government on preparation to and conduct of the elections;

14) register
official observers from parties (blocs), public organizations in the
territorial election district;

15) consider
claims and complaints dealing with preparation and conduct of the elections of
deputies in the territorial election district and pass decisions thereupon;

16) determine
voting results in the territorial election district, draw up a protocol on
voting results in the district, submit it and other election documents
stipulated by this Law to the Central Election Commission;

17) declare
voting at a polling station unreliable in cases stipulated by this Law;

18) ensure
depositing election and other documents with a respective state depositary
under the procedure established by the Central Election Commission;

19) exercise
other powers stipulated by this Law and other laws of Ukraine.

3. Powers
of a district election commission shall terminate 20 days after the official
promulgation of voting results by the Central Election Commission under the
procedure stipulated by this Law.

4. A
district election commission shall terminate its activities under the procedure
and within time limits stipulated by Article 38 of this Law.

Article 32. Powers of a Polling
Station Commissions

1. Powers
of a polling station commission shall commence upon the moment of taking the
oath by no less than two thirds of its minimum number of members, stipulated by
paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 28 of this Law, on its first meeting that shall
be called no later than on the third day after the day when the decision on its
creation was made.

2. A
polling station commission shall:

1) control
adherence to and equal application of the legislation on elections of people's
deputies in the course of voting and vote tabulation at a polling station;

2) receive
a voter list from a district election commission, compile a voter list in cases
stipulated by this Law, present it to public for familiarization and make
amendments to it in cases stipulated by this Law;

3) provide
voters with possibility to inspect election lists of parties (blocs), election
programs of such parties (blocs), information on candidates for deputies, and
decisions promulgated by the Central Election Commission, respective district
election commission, its own decisions and announcements;

4) hand
over or send to each voter, within time limits stipulated by paragraph 2 of
Article 43 of this Law, an individual invitation with indication of the date of
Election Day, address of the premises for voting, time of beginning and ending
of the voting, a voter’s number in the voter list at the respective polling
station;

5) ensure
control over the count of ballot papers and absentee certificate forms;

6) ensure
preparation of the premises for voting and ballot booths;

7) subject
to decision of the Central Election Commission, make amendments to ballot
papers in cases and within time limits stipulated by this Law;

8) organize
voting at the polling station;

9) tabulate
votes cast at the polling station, draw up a protocol on voting results at the
polling station and submit it and other election documents to the respective
district election commission or (for a polling station commission of a polling
station abroad) send it to the Central Election Commission under the procedure
stipulated by this Law;

10) declare
voting at the polling station invalid if there are grounds for it as stipulated
by Article 90 of this Law;

11) consider
claims and complaints concerning the voter list, preparation and organization
of voting at the polling station and make respective decisions within its
competence;

12) exercise
other powers stipulated by this Law and other laws of Ukraine.

3. Powers
of a polling station commission shall terminate 15 days after the official promulgation
of voting results by the Central Election Commission.

4. A
polling station commission terminates its activities simultaneously with
termination of its authority.

Article 33. Organization of Work
of Election Commissions

1. An
election commission is a collective body. The basic form of work of an election
commission shall be meetings convoked by the commission head or by the deputy
head in case of the commission head’s absence, or by the secretary of the
commission if the head and the deputy head are absent.

2. If
necessary, meetings of an election commission may be convoked by decisions of a
superior election commission.

3. Upon
written demand of one-third of the commission membership, a head or a deputy
head of the commission must convoke the commission’s meeting no later than on
the following day after receiving this demand.

4. First
meeting of an election commission shall be convoked no later than on the third
day after its creation, and the following meetings as necessary. If an election
commission is established simultaneously with creation of a polling station in
accordance with paragraph 13 of Article 28 or paragraph 13 of Article 29 of
this Law, the first meeting of such commission shall be convoked no later that
on the day following its creation.

5. A
meeting of an election commission shall be deemed valid if there are at least
two thirds of commission members present at the meeting. On Election Day, in
particular during vote tabulation, determination of voting results at a polling
station, summing up voting results in the territorial election district, a
meeting of a district election commission or a polling station commission shall
be reliable if attended by more than one half of commission members.

6. A
meeting of an election commission shall be convoked with mandatory notification
of all commission members about time, place, and agenda of the meeting.

7. Commission
members shall be given draft decisions of the commission and necessary
materials, usually no later than on the last day before the date of the
commission’s meeting, but no later than the beginning of the meeting.

8. A head
or a deputy head of an election commission shall preside over a meeting; if
they fail to perform such duty, a commission shall appoint a headperson of a
meeting from among its members.

9. Upon
demand of three commission members, and also subject to a decision of a
superior election commission or a court decision, an election commission has to
consider at its meeting issues falling within the commission’s competence, no
later than 3 days after the declared demand or passage of respective decision
but prior to Election Day; on Election Day other commissions, except for a
polling station commission, shall consider such issues without delay. A polling
station commission must consider issues falling within its competence at its
meeting on demand of the said members on Election Day or upon a decision of a
superior election commission or a court decision passed on Election Day
immediately after the end of voting.

10. A
decision of an election commission shall be passed through open vote by the
majority of votes from the commission membership, except for the cases
stipulated by this Law.

11. A
decision of the commission becomes valid upon the moment of its passage, except
for cases stipulated by this Law.

12. In case
that there is less than two thirds of the commission’s members at a meeting of
a district election commission or a polling station commission held on Election
Day, in particular during the vote tabulation, determining the voting results
at the polling station, summing up voting results in the territorial election
district, the decision of the commission shall be passed by no less than two
thirds of the number of commission members present at the meeting.

13. A member
of the election commission present at its meeting and not agreeing with the
decision passed by the commission shall have the right, within two days after
the meeting, to express his/her written dissent opinion that shall be attached
to the respective protocol of the election commission’s meeting and becomes
their integral part.

14. A
decision of an election commission passed within its competence shall be
mandatory for compliance by all subjects of the election process, executive
authorities and bodies of local self-government, their staff and officials, as
well as mass media.

15. A
decision of an election commission that contradicts Ukrainian legislation or
has been passed through exceeding of its powers may be cancelled by a superior
election commission or declared illegal and cancelled by court. In such a case,
a superior election commission shall have the right to pass a decision on this
particular issue.

16. Petitions,
complaints and other documents submitted to an election commission shall be
accepted and registered under the procedure established by the Central Election
Commission.

17. An
election commission may employ respective specialists, experts, and technical
staff to provide organizational, legal, and technical support of exercise of
its authorities stipulated by this Law.

18. Nobody
has the right to interfere into activities of election commissions, except for
cases stipulated by law.

Article 34. Right to Be Present at
a Commission’s Meeting

1.Representatives of parties (blocs) in the Central Election Commission
shall take part in meetings of the Central Election Commission and have a
recommendation vote.

2.The following individuals shall have the right to be present at a
meeting of the Central Election Commission without permission or invitation:

1)candidates for deputies and authorized representatives of parties
(blocs) in the all-national constituency (altogether no more than two
individuals from each party or bloc);

2)official observers from foreign states and international organizations;

3)representatives of mass media.

3.Only the following individuals shall have the right to be present at
meetings of a district election commission or a polling station commission
without permission or invitation of the respective commission, including during
the vote tabulation and determination of voting results, and at a polling
station on Election Day on the premises where the voting is conducted:

1)commission members of the superior level

2)candidates for deputies, authorized representatives of parties (blocs),
official observers of parties (blocs) that are subjects of the election process
(altogether nor more than two individuals including candidates for deputies,
authorized representatives or official observers from one party or a bloc)

3)official observers from non-governmental organizations (no more than
three individuals from different non-governmental organizations altogether);

4)official observers from foreign states and international organizations;

5)representatives of mass media (nor more than two individuals from each
media outlet).

4.Other individuals, except for those indicated in paragraph 3 of this
Article, may be present at a meeting of an election commission only upon
permission or invitation of this commission. Presence of individuals not
stipulated by paragraph 3 of this Article at a polling station during the
voting and also at a meeting of an election commission during the vote
tabulation and determination of the election results is prohibited.

5.An election commission may pass well-grounded decision on deprivation of
individuals referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article of the right to
be present its meeting if they illegally impede upon the conduct of the
meeting. Such decision shall be passed by two thirds of commission members.

6.Agents of law enforcement bodies may protect law and order on Election
Day and during the vote tabulation only outside the premises for voting. In the
event of a breach of law and order, a commission head or a commission secretary
may call upon them exclusively to reinstall law and order for the period of
time necessary to accomplish this.

Article 35. Documenting Activities
of Election Commissions

1.Documenting of activities of an election commission shall be performed
under the procedure stipulated by this Article and the procedure of paperwork
of election commissions approved by the Central Election Commission.

2.A secretary of a commission shall compile a protocol of an election
commission’s meeting. In the secretary’s absence or in the event the secretary
does not perform his/her duties at the meeting, the commission shall elect a
secretary of the meeting from among its members to perform duties of the
commission’s secretary during the respective meeting and during preparation of
the meeting’s documents. The protocol of a commission’s meeting shall be signed
by a headperson of the meeting and a commission’s secretary (or the secretary
of the meeting). The protocol of the commission’s meeting shall be provided to
all commission members for familiarization no later than on the next meeting of
the commission, and commission members shall have the right to sign it.

3. A
decision of an election commission on the considered issue shall be set forth
in form of a resolution that includes the following details:

1) a
commission’s name;

2) a
resolution’s title;

3) date and
place of adoption and number of a resolution;

4) motivation
with referral to circumstances that constituted grounds for consideration of the
issue at the commission’s meeting, references to specific provisions of legal
acts or a resolution of a superior election commission or court decisions which
were taken as a basis when passing the resolution;

5) a
concluding part.

4. A
resolution shall be signed by a head presiding at a commission’s meeting. The
resolution’s content and number shall be indicated in the protocol of the
respective commission’s meeting.

5. A
resolution passed by a district election commission or a polling station commission
shall be posted on the board of official commission’s materials for general
familiarization no later than on the morning after its passage, while a
resolution passed prior to and on Election Day and during the determination of
voting results shall be posted no later than four hours after termination of
the election commission’s meeting. Such a resolution shall be brought to notice
of related subjects of the election process. A copy of the resolution signed by
the head of election commission or his/her deputy and secretary of the election
commission and stamped with the official seal shall, upon his or her demand, be
handed to the subject of the election process whom it concerns no later than
four hours after its passage. The board of official commission’s materials
shall be set up in the premises of the commission location in a place freely
accessible to all visitors.

6. A
commission may pass protocol decisions on issues of its current activity.

7. An
election commission shall draw up acts and protocols. Acts of the commission
documenting a certain fact or event determined and acknowledged by the
commission. Protocols of the commission establish results of actions performed
by the commission.

8. Acts and
protocols of an election commission shall be drawn up in cases stipulated by
this Law, in the form approved by the Central Election Commission and in the
number of copies stipulated by this Law. A commission’s act or a protocol shall
be signed by all members of an election commission present at the meeting and
their signatures shall be certified with the commission’s seal. First copy of
the act or protocol may be signed by candidates for deputies, representatives
of parties (blocs) in the Central Election Commission or authorized
representatives of parties (blocs), and official observers present at the
meeting.

Article 36. Status of a Commission
Member

1. The
status of a member of the Central Election Commission shall be determined by
the Law of Ukraine On the Central Election Commission.

2. Status
of a member of a district election commission and a polling station commission,
as well as the procedure for acquiring this status, shall be determined by this
Law.

3. A member
of a district election commission or a polling station commission shall be
obliged to familiarize him- or herself with the content of paragraphs 7 through
12 of this Article on the first meeting of the election commission he or she
participates in and shall take the following oath of the commission member:

"I
(last name, first name and patronymic), taking upon myself the authority of an
election commission’s member and being conscious of the high responsibility
before the Ukrainian people, swear to comply wit the Constitution and the laws
of Ukraine, honestly and diligently perform my duties based on the principles
of rule of law, legality, objectivity and without bias, as well as ensure
realization and defense of election rights of citizens of Ukraine".

4. An
individual who has taken the oath shall put his or her signature under the test
of the oath. This document shall be an integral part of the documentation of
the respective commission. After taking the oath, member of the commission
shall receive a certificate signed by head of the superior commission.

5. A refusal
to take an oath shall mean a refusal of the individual to be a member of the
commission.

6. Subject
to an election commission’s decision, approved by a superior election
commission, head, deputy head, secretary or other members of a district
election commission or a polling station commission (no more than three
individuals altogether) may perform their duties in the election commission on
a paid basis in accordance with Article 50 of this Law or on the basis of civil
agreement between them and the election commission for the whole period of
authority of the election commission or a part of this period. For this period,
the said individuals shall be released from their work or service duties at
place of their main employment with preservation of their general and special
service record.

7. A
commission member shall have the right to:

1) take
part in preparation of issues being submitted for the election commission’s
consideration;

2) take the
floor at election commission’s meetings, put questions to other participants of
the meeting regarding the agenda, make proposals on issues falling within the
commission’s competence;

3) inspect
activities of subordinate election commissions upon order of a respective
election commission;

4) examine,
without impediments, documents of the election commission he/she is a member
of, as well as documents of subordinate election commissions on the respective
territory;

5) to
receive compensation for damages to his/her life, health or property inflicted
as a result of execution of a commission member’s duties, including travel
expenditures related with execution of a commission member’s duties under the
procedure and in the scope established by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

8. A
commission member may not be dismissed or transferred to a lower-level position
at place of employment on the basis of execution of his/her duties in the
election commission.

9. A
commission member shall be obliged to:

1) observe
the Constitution of Ukraine, this Law and other laws of Ukraine concerning
preparation to and conduct of elections;

2) take
part in the election commission’s meetings;

3) carry
out decisions of the election commission and perform duties vested into him/her
in accordance with allocation of responsibilities in the commission.

10. An
election commission member shall also have other rights and responsibilities in
accordance with this Law and other laws of Ukraine.

11. Each
election commission member shall enjoy guaranties and compensations stipulated
by current legislation for execution of public or civil duties during working
hours provided for direct execution of duties of an election commission member
(participation in commission meetings, other activities aimed at implementation
of this Law and decisions of a commission). Election commission members shall
be released from professional duties at place of their main employment for
period required to perform a commission member’s duties upon written notice of
a head, deputy head or a secretary of the respective election commission about
meeting of a commission or upon decision of an election commission to engage
the commission member in other activities stipulated by this Law. Such notices
or decisions shall indicate date, time and expected duration of an election
commission’s meeting or another event.

12. An
election commission member shall be prohibited to campaign in favor or against
parties (blocs), candidates for deputies and publicly assess activities of
parties (blocs) that are subjects of the election process and candidates for
deputies during the time period of reliability of his/her authority.

Article 37. Pre-term Termination
of Authority of All Members of Election Commissions or Individual Election
Commission Members

1. Authority
of all members of a district election commission or a polling station
commission may be pre-term terminated by an election commission that
established it upon its own initiative or based on a court decision if a
commission systematically infringes upon the Constitution of Ukraine, this Law
and other laws of Ukraine.

2. Pre-term
termination of authority of all members of an election commission shall not
mean liquidation of this commission.

3. Authority
of a member of a district election commission or a polling station commission
shall be pre-term terminated by an election commission that established it in
the following instances:

1) the
commission member files a personal petition for resignation as commission
member;

2) the
entity that nominated his or her candidacy withdraws this nomination;

3) his or
her Ukrainian citizenship is terminated;

4) he or
she leaves the territory of Ukraine or the territory of a country where a
polling station abroad is established for the period until Election Day which
shall prevent him or her from performing duties of a commission member;

5) he or
she is registered as a candidate for people's deputy of Ukraine, or a candidate
for deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a
candidate for local council deputy or a candidate for head of village,
settlement, and city council, if these elections are held simultaneously with
the elections of people's deputies of Ukraine;

6) he or
she is registered as a representative of party (bloc) in the Central Election
Commission, as an authorized representative of a party (bloc) or an entrusted
representative of a candidate for a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the
Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a candidate for deputy of local council or a
candidate for head of village, settlement, and city council, and as an
authorized representative of a local branch of a party (bloc of local branches
of parties) if these elections are held simultaneously with the elections of
people's deputies of Ukraine;

7) he or
she becomes member of another election commission that prepares the conduct of
elections of people's deputies of Ukraine, or deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of
the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, deputies of local councils or heads of
villages, settlements, and city councils, if these elections are held
simultaneously with the elections of people's deputies of Ukraine;

8) he or
she refuses to take an oath of a commission member;

9) he or
she violates the oath of a commission member revealed in repeated failures to
fulfill his or her duties, and these failures are confirmed by at least two
decisions of the election commission where he or she is a member;

10) he or she
commits a gross violation or repeated violations of the legislation of Ukraine
on elections confirmed by a court decision or a decision of the superior
election commission;

11) when he
or she is convicted for a deliberate crime and this conviction enters into
legal force;

11) he or she
is declared incompetent;

12) he or she
dies.

4. If
events referred to in sub-paragraphs 1, 3, 5-8, 11-13 of paragraph 3 of this
Article shall occur, authority of a commission member shall be terminated from
the moment of their occurrence or discovery, and in the case of events referred
to in sub-paragraphs 2, 4, 9, 10 of paragraph 3 of this Article – from the
moment of a decision on termination of his or her authority is passed.

5. A
superior election commission that pre-term terminated authority of all members
of an election commission or an individual commission member, or discovered
grounds for termination thereof, shall inform subjects of the election process
that nominated commission members whose authority is terminated or against whom
grounds for termination of authority are discovered no later than on the
following day.

6. In case
of pre-term termination of authority of all election commission members, a
superior election commission shall approve new composition of the election
commission under the procedure stipulated by this Law no later than on the
seventh day after termination of commission’s authority and no later than on
the last day before Election Day.

7. In case
of pre-term termination of a commission member’s authority, a respective
superior election commission shall include another individual into commission’s
membership instead of a commission member whose authority was terminated no
later than on the seventh day after termination of his or her authority and no
later than on the last day before Election Day under the procedure stipulated
by this Law.

8. In case
of a pre-term termination of a commission member’s authority on the last day
before Election Day, such a decision shall be passed simultaneously with a
decision on including another representative form the same subject of the
election process into the respective election commission.

9. A party
(bloc) that are subjects of nomination of a candidate whose authority is
terminated pre-term shall have the priority right to nominate an individual for
a commission member instead of the excluded commission member. Such nomination,
made in accordance with requirements of this Law, may not be rejected.

10. In case
of a pre-term termination of authority of a polling station commission member
abroad, if a subject of nomination referred to in paragraph 9 of this Law fails
to propose another nominee, another individual shall be included into a
commission upon submission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine only
in the event when the numerical strength of a polling station commission falls
under the minimum membership number stipulated by paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article
28 of this Law.

11. In case a
head, deputy head or a secretary of an election commission repeatedly neglects
his or her duties, a respective district election commission or a polling
station commission may complain to the election commission that established it
with a well-grounded petition for substitution if at least two thirds of
commission members voted in favor of this petition. This petition shall be
mandatory for consideration within the time period stipulated by paragraph 7 of
this Article. A decision on substitution of a head, deputy head, and a
secretary of an election commission shall not cause termination of their
authority as members of the respective election commission. This decision shall
be taken in line with provisions of paragraphs 9 and 10 of Article 27 and
paragraphs 10 and 11 of Article 28 of this Law.

Article 38. Acquisition
and Termination of Legal Entity Status by District Election Commissions

1. Acquisition
and termination of the legal entity status by a district election commission
shall be performed under the procedure stipulated by laws of Ukraine with
specific details stipulated by this Law.

2. A district election commission shall acquire the status
of legal entity on the moment of entering notice about inclusion of information
on the commission in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and
Individual Entrepreneurs.

3. In
order to enter notice about inclusion of information on the
district election commission in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities
and Individual Entrepreneurs the head of the commission, or deputy head in the
event of head’s absence, shall personally submit a copy of the respective
resolution of the Central Election Commission on creation of the commission and
filled in registration card of the established form to a state registrator at a
location of the district election commission no later than six days after
creation of the commission.

4. A
registration fee for registration of a district election commission as a legal entity shall not be paid.

5. The
status of a district election commission as a legal entity shall be terminated through entering
notice about exclusion of the commission from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and
Individual Entrepreneurs.

6. A head
of a district election commission, or deputy head in
the event of head’s absence, shall personally submit a written notice about the
date of termination of the commission to the registration body no later than
five days after the official announcement of elections results.

7. The
Bulletin of State Registration shall publish information about the date of
termination of a district election commission on the
basis of the notice indicated in paragraph 6 of this Article, and this
information shall be a basis for filing claims on the commission’s debt
obligations.

8. A
payment for publishing information about the termination of a district
election commission in the Bulletin of State Registration shall not be
paid.

9. In order
to perform state registration of termination of a district election commission
as a legal entity through liquidation, a head of a district
election commission, or deputy head in the event of head’s absence,
after conclusion of the procedure of termination of the commission, but not
sooner than thirty days after the official announcement of the election
results, shall personally submit a filled in registration card of the
established form, a certificate about the state registration of a legal entity,
a statement from the archive institution about receipt of documents that
according to law are subject to long-term storage, as well as act of joint
review of the financial control bodies to a state registrator at a location of
the district election commission. Additional documents for state registration
of termination of a district election commission as a legal entity in the
result of its liquidation shall not be required.

10. A head
of a district election commission, or deputy head in
the event of head’s absence, shall forward the certificate about state
registration of a legal entity with a remark of the registration body about
termination of the state registration to the Central Election Commission.

Article 39. Procedure for Compiling General Voter Lists

1. In order
to prepare conduct of voting by voters, general voter lists in the format
approved by the Central Election Commission shall be compiled by 1 October of
the year preceding the year of regular elections of people's deputies of Ukraine.

2. Working
groups of voter registration (henceforth district and city working groups of
voter registration) for compiling and clarifying of general lists of voters who
reside on the respective territory of each village, settlement, city and city
district in cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol shall be created by respective state
administrations, executive bodies of city councils (of cities of the republican
significance in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and of cities of oblast
significance) for the period of 1 August of the year preceding the year of
regular elections of people's deputies of Ukraine through 1 March of the year
of regular elections.

3. Working
groups of voter registration (henceforth regional working groups of voter
registration) to assist the work of district and city working groups of voter
registration and to generalize and clarify general lists of voters who reside
on the respective territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblasts,
cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol shall be created respectively by the Council of
Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblast and Kyiv and Sevastopol
city state administrations for the period of 1 August of the year preceding
the year of regular elections of people's deputies of Ukraine through 1 March
of the year of regular elections.

4. The
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine,
the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, and the State Department of Ukraine on
Execution of Verdicts shall, by 1 August of the year preceding the year of
regular elections, appoint officials in charge of cooperation with working
groups of voter registration and in order to provide them with information necessary
for compiling general voter lists.

5. The
Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblast and Kyiv and
Sevastopol city and rayon state administrations, executive bodies of city
councils (of cities of the republican significance in the Autonomous Republic
of Crimea, and of cities of oblast significance) shall provide premises for
work of respective working groups of voter registration that have phone lines,
means of electronic communication, furniture and computers.

6. District,
city and regional working groups of voter registration shall compile general
voter lists according to the procedure stipulated by this Law and the Procedure
of Compiling General Voter Lists approved by the Central Election Commission.

7. Funding
of general voter lists compilation shall be done through the respective
category of the State Budget of Ukraine. The Central Election Commission shall
be the responsible party using these moneys. The Cabinet of Ministers shall
determine the procedure of transferring necessary funds to executive bodies of
councils or to bodies that carry out their powers according to law.

8. Employees
of executive bodies of local councils and members of working groups of voter
registration that are officials of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous
Republic of Crimea, oblast and rayon state administrations, executive bodies of
city councils who are involved in compiling of general voter lists may receive
remuneration in the amount and under the procedure established by the Cabinet
of Ministers of Ukraine.

9. For
compiling and clarifying of general list of voters who reside or stay abroad a
working group for registration of voters who reside or stay abroad shall be
created in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in terms indicated in the
paragraph 2 of this article.

10. The
general voter list shall include all citizens of Ukraine who have reached or
will reach the age of 18 on Election Day and have the right to vote and who at
the moment of compiling of the general voter list reside on the respective
territory or serve the mandatory conscription service in military units
(formations) dispatched on the respective territory or are in penitentiary
institutions locate on the respective territory. The following information about
the voter shall be included in the general voter list:

1) Last
name, first name, and patronymic;

2) Date of
birth;

3) Place of
birth (state, oblast, rayon, city, settlement, or village) according to the
administrative-territorial division at the moment of compiling voter lists;

4) Place of
residence (with indication of the address of residence) or place of stay;

5) If
necessary, an indication that the individual has a permanent disability of
movement.

11. The place
of residence and the address of residence of a voter shall be determined on the
basis of information of registration according to the Law of Ukraine On
Freedom of Movement and Free Choice of Residence in Ukraine.

12. The
following individuals shall submit information about citizens of Ukraine who
have reached or will reach the age of 18 on Election Day to rayon and city
working groups of voter registration by September 1 of the year preceding the
year of regular elections of people's deputies of Ukraine and in the form
approved by the Central Election Commission:

1) heads of
respective territorial units of the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine –
information about citizens of Ukraine who are registered on the respective
territory, in particular citizens who will reach the age of 18 by Election Day
as well as about the citizens who reside or used to reside on the respective
territory and have changed their place of residence after the last elections of
the President of Ukraine or elections of people's deputies of Ukraine;

2) heads of
villages, settlements, cities (towns having rayon significance) – about
citizens of Ukraine who reside on the territory of a respective local council
and about citizens who cannot permanently move on their own;

3) heads of
territorial units of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine – about citizens of
Ukraine who used to reside on the respective territory and died after the last
regular elections of the President of Ukraine or elections of people's deputies
of Ukraine, as well as about citizens who changed their last name, first name,
or patronymic within the indicated period;

4) heads of
local military registration and enlistment offices – about citizens of Ukraine
who used to reside on the respective territory and were conscripted for the
mandatory military service within past eight months;

5) commanders
of military units (formations) deployed on the territory of a respective city
or rayon – about citizens of Ukraine who reside at a place of deployment of the
respective military unit (formation), including mandatory conscription military
servicemen who will serve until Election Day;

6) heads of
local units of execution of verdicts of the State Department for Execution of
Verdicts – about citizens of Ukraine who serve their terms at institutions located
on the respective territory;

7) heads of
education institutions – about citizens of Ukraine who reside in dormitories of
respective education institutions;

9) heads of
respective entities of custody and care – about citizens of Ukraine who have
been declared incompetent by courts;

10) heads of
special institutions being charged with registration of homeless citizens in
accordance with the Law of Ukraine On Foundations of Social Protection of
Homeless Citizens and Children – about citizens of Ukraine who are
registered at the special institution’s legal address;

11) heads of
social protection institutions – about citizens of Ukraine who reside on the
respective territory and who permanently cannot move on their own.

13. The
following entities shall submit information, by September 1 of the year preceding
the year of the regular elections of people's deputies of Ukraine, to working
groups of registration of voters who reside or stay abroad:

1) diplomatic
and other official representative offices and consular institutions of Ukraine in
foreign states – about citizens of Ukraine who are registered in consular
institutions, and other citizens of Ukraine who reside or stay in the
respective foreign state;

2) the
Ministry of Defense of Ukraine – about citizens of Ukraine who serve a military
service at military units (formations) deployed outside of Ukraine.

14. Diplomatic
and other official representative offices and consular institutions of Ukraine
shall be obligated to take measures to obtain reliable information stipulated
by sub-paragraph 1 of paragraph 13 of this Article, including through
complaints to authorized bodies of power in the foreign or directly to citizens
of Ukraine who reside or stay in the respective foreign state.

15. Information
stipulated by paragraphs 12 and 13 of this Law shall be submitted in a form
established by the Central Election Commission. This information shall be
submitted in a hard copy form and electronic form. Information’s reliability
shall be certified with a signature of heads of the respective body,
enterprise, institution, organization, commanders of a military unit
(formation), heads of village, settlement, and city council affixed on each
page, and sealed with the seal of such a body, enterprise, institution,
organization, representative office and a military unit (formation).

16. Officials,
heads of entities, enterprises, institutions, organizations, and representative
offices, commanders of military formations (units) referred to in paragraphs 12
and 13 of this Article shall be obligated to ensure timely submission of full
and reliable information in the required form.

17. State
control over adherence by entities, enterprises, institutions, organizations,
representative offices, commanders of military formations (units) to the
procedure of compiling general lists of voters shall be vested in the Cabinet
of Ministers of Ukraine and the Central Election Commission.

18. In order
to ensure public control over the process of compiling general lists of voters
and their reliability, the Central Election Commission shall establish, no
later than on 1 October of the year preceding the year of regular elections of
people's deputies of Ukraine, a central control group and regional control
groups (in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblasts, and cities of Kyiv and
Sevastopol) comprising one representative from each party (bloc) that has its
party (bloc) faction in the current convocation of the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine as of 15 September of the year preceding the election year, upon
nominations submitted by central party bodies (joint nominations of central
bodies of parties constituting a bloc).

19. Working
groups of voter registration stipulated by paragraphs 2 or 9 of this Article
shall, by 1 October of the year preceding the year of elections, compile
respective local (rayon, city, and city district) general voter lists or a
general lists of voters who reside or stay abroad in a form established by the
Central Election Commission. The lists shall be made in a hard copy form and
electronic form in line with the format established by the Central Election
Commission. Voters shall be included in such a list according to places of
their residence. The general voter list shall have a continued numbering of
voters. The general voter list in hard copy form shall have continuous
numbering of pages. The general voter list shall also contain information on
other possible place of residence of a voter and, if necessary, on his or her
permanent moving disability.

20. The
general voter list compiled within boundaries of the respective region on the
basis of local general voter lists stipulated by paragraph 19 of this Article
shall be forwarded by the regional working group of voter registration in an
electronic form to the Central Election Commission under the procedure and
within the time period established by the Central Election Commission. The
general list of voters who reside or stay abroad shall be forwarded by the
working group of voter registration stipulated by paragraph 9 of this Article
to the Central Election Commission under the same procedure and within the same
time period.

21. The
Central Election Commission shall provide electronic copies of the general
voters list to members of the central control group stipulated by paragraph 18
of this Article, at their request.

Article 40. Procedure of the
General Voter List Clarification

1. Regional
working groups of voter registration shall send information about citizens that
changed their place of residence to working groups of voter registration of
rayons, towns, city districts where citizens may be put in the voter list at
their previous place of residence, by 20 October of the year preceding the year
of elections of people's deputies of Ukraine.

2. Working
groups of voter registration of a rayon and city shall present general voter
lists for inspection of citizens in the premise accessible for visitors no
later than 1 November of the year preceding the year of elections. General
voter lists shall be accessible for inspection until 1 January of the year of
elections. Announcement on presentation of the general voter list for
inspection with indication of place and time when one may examine it shall be
published within the indicated period no less than once a week in local printed
media, and announced by local TV and radio channels no less than twice a week.

3. Working
groups of registration of voters who reside or stay abroad shall compile
general lists of voters by foreign states. Such voter lists shall be presented
for general inspection in the premises of diplomatic or other official
representative offices or consular institutions of Ukraine abroad, at the place
of location of a military unit (formation) of Ukraine that is deployed abroad
within time periods stipulated by paragraph 2 of this Law. The respective
representative office or an institution shall publish notice on presentation of
the general voter list for inspection with indication of place and time when
one may examine it in the way accessible for citizens of Ukraine staying
abroad.

4. A voter
may be put in the general voter list only once.

5. Each
citizen shall have the right to inspect a voter list on the premises indicated
in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, and verify the information put in the
list. He or she may provide information to the respective working groups of
voter registration about individuals that permanently cannot move on their own
because of disability or the old age, and this shall be the basis for checking
of this information and, in the event they are confirmed, for inclusion of
respective information in the general voter list. A citizen shall have the
right to complain with rayon and city working group of voter registration and
with the local court against mistakes made during compilation of the general voter
list, including non-inclusion, wrongful inclusion or exclusion from the general
voter list of him/her or other individuals, or presence or absence of the
remark about the voter’s permanent disability of movement. A citizen staying
abroad shall file a respective complaint with an official representation or a
consular institution of Ukraine where he/she has inspected the general voter
list. This institution or a representation shall immediately forward this
complaint to the working group of registration of voters who reside or stay
abroad.

6. Working
groups of voter registration shall clarify general voter lists. The
clarification of the general voter list shall be performed from the time of
presenting them for general inspection until 1 February of the year of
elections.

7. Clarification
of the general voter list shall be performed by working groups of voter
registration together with regional control groups created according to
paragraph 18 of Article 39 of this Law.

8. The
Central Election Commission, in the time period stipulated by paragraph 6 of
this Article, shall ensure preparation of the general voter list in electronic
form, in particular in order to discover erroneous or multiple entries of one
individual to voter lists. The Central Election Commission shall immediately
notify, using technical means of communication, respective working groups of
voter registration about discovered instances of erroneous or multiple
inclusions of voters into the general voter list.

9. For
clarification of general voter lists notices stipulated by paragraphs 1 and 8
of this Article or complaints of voters submitted as a result of their
familiarization with the general voter list shall be used.

10. If
multiple inclusions of a voter into the general voter list are discovered based
on notices stipulated by paragraphs 1 and 8 of this Article, a working group of
voter registration or upon its directive a respective official representation
or a consular institution of Ukraine shall check availability of the voter at
the indicated place of residence. In the event of confirmation of residence of
the voter at the respective address, the working group of voter registration or
the respective official representation or consular institution of Ukraine shall
apply with the written petition to such a voter requesting to determine the
place of his or her inclusion in the general voter list. The voter shall be
obligated to provide a response that eliminates the possibility of multiple
inclusion of him or her in the voter list during 15 days after receipt of this
petition. In case of the availability of the voter at the indicated place of
residence and address is not confirmed, the working group of voter registration
shall exclude such a voter from the general voter list at the indicated place
of residence.

11. When the
voter shall not provide a response to the petition stipulated by paragraph 10
of this Article, the working group of voter registration shall exclude such a
voter from the general voter list at the indicated place of residence; such a
voter shall be included in the general voter list of the settlement where his
or her place of residence is registered according to the registration
information by places of residence.

12. The form
of the petition of the working group of voter registration concerning
clarification of the settlement where the citizen, who was multiple times
included in the general voter lists, shall be included in the general voter
list, as well as the for of the response to the petition shall be established
by the Central Election Commission.

13. After
completion of clarification of the general voter list a working group of voter
registration shall draw up a clarified general voter list in line with the form
established according to paragraph 19 of Article 39 of this Law. The clarified
general voter list shall be sent by a respective working group of voter
registration in an electronic form to the Central Election Commission under the
procedure and within the time period established by the Central Election
Commission. The Central Election Commission shall provide electronic copies of
the clarified general voter list to members of the central control group
stipulated by paragraph 18 of Article 39 of this Law.

1. After
polling stations are established, working groups of voter registration shall
compile voter lists for each regular polling station based on the respective
clarified general voter list referred to in paragraph 13 of Article 40 of this
Law, and pass it in two copies in hard copy form and electronic form to
respective settlement, village and city head, and head of the rayon in city
council or other official who perform his/her duties according to the law.

2. A voter
list of a polling station shall be compiled under the form established by the
Central Election Commission in three copies in hard copy form and electronic
form. A voter list in hard copy form shall be signed by the respective
settlement, village and city head, head of rayon in city council of a rayon
council or other official who perform his/her duties according to the law.
Signature of such official shall be certified with a respective seal.

3. A voter
may be put in a voter list only at one polling station.

4. A voter
list at polling stations shall include full name, date of birth (day, month and
year), place of residence and address of a voter; for servicemen of the
mandatory military service and jailed persons – address of the place of staying.
The voter list shall have respective fields for signatures of voters for the
receiving of the ballot paper on Election Day and for notes. Voters should be
put in a voter list in a format convenient for voting.

5. In the
voter list on a regular polling station based on the general voter list
respective notice in the field “Notices” should be made in front of names of
voters, who cannot move by their own.

6. Settlement,
village and city head, and head of the rayon in city council or other official who
perform his/her duties according to the law no later that 40 days before
Election Day pass the voter list at the regular polling stations in hard copy
form (in 2 copies) and in electronic form to the respective district election
commissions at their meetings. An act on handing over of the mentioned voter
lists shall be drawn up in form and under the procedure stipulated by paragraph
8 of Article 35 of this Law. One copy of the act shall be kept with the
settlement, village and city head, and head of the rayon in city council of
other official who perform his/her duties according to the law, other copy of
the act - with the district election commission.

7. If the
district election commission is not provided with a voter list on regular
polling station 40 day before Election Day it shall complain against inactivity
of the settlement, village and city head, and head of the rayon in city council
of other official who perform his/her duties according to the law under the
procedure stipulated by this Law.

8. A
district election commission no later than 32 days before Election Day shall
hand over one copy of the voter list at the polling station to the respective
polling station commission of the regular polling station. The second copy
shall be kept with the district election commission. No less than three
commission members of the polling station commission representing different
parties (blocs), including a commission’s head, or in case of his/her absence –
deputy head or a secretary of a commission shall receive voter lists on behalf
of a polling station commission. An act on handing over the list to a polling
station commission shall be drawn up in two copies in form and under the
procedure stipulated by paragraph 8 of Article 35 of this Law.

Article 42. Absentee Certificates
for the Right to Vote on Elections of Deputies

1. A voter,
who leaves a settlement where he / she has been put in a voter list at an
regular polling station earlier than 30 days (inclusive) before Election Day or
who comes back to Ukraine from abroad, may complain to a polling station
commission with a written request to issue him/her an absentee certificate for
the right to vote on elections of deputies (hereafter – absentee certificate)
and for excluding him/her from a voter list. The request should indicate reason
preventing him/her from voting at the place of his/her residence as well the
number of the territorial election district or the foreign election district,
where he/she is going to vote on Election Day. A voter may file such request no
later than at 20.00 Friday before Election Day. Based on such application and
one of documents, as referred in paragraph 4 (for regular polling stations) and
paragraph 6 (for polling stations abroad) of article 2 of this Law, two
commission members shall issue an absentee certificate to a voter.

2. The
Central Election Commission shall establish the form of the absentee
certificate no later than 60 days before Election Day. Absentee certificates
shall have unique numeration throughout Ukraine.

3. The
absentee certificate shall contain fields for:

1) last
name, first name and patronymic of the voter who was issued the absentee
certificate;

2) number
of the territorial election district or foreign election district, and number
of the polling station, where it was issued;

3) number
of the territorial election district or foreign election district where the
voter is going to vote;

4) names
and signatures of two commission members issuing the certificate;

5) date of
issuance of the certificate;

6) seal of
the polling station commission;

7) signature
of the voter, who received an absentee certificate.

4. Absentee
certificates shall be printed in the quantity of 2% of the number of voters put
in the general voter list, as referred to in paragraph 12 of article 40 of this
Law. A printing plant shall ensure strict compliance with requested number of
absentee certificates, their stocktaking, and delivery in accordance with
decisions of the Central Election Commission. Procedure of printing out
absentee certificates, their acceptance by the Central Election Commission from
a printing plant, handing over to district election commissions shall be
determined by the Central Election Commission.

5. The
Central Election Commission shall ensure printing of the absentee certificates
under the centralized procedure no later than 45 days before Election Day by
the state printing plant on the basis of the contract signed with the mentioned
plant.

6. Absentee
certificates shall be registered high-security documents. The producer of the
absentee certificates shall ensure strict adherence to the ordered quantity of
the absentee certificates, their storage and handing over to the customer in
accordance with the procedure, established by the Central Electoral Commission.
The Central Election Commission, district and polling station commissions shall
ensure storage, strict stocktaking of accepted and issued absentee certificate
in accordance with requirements of this Law. Documents, which ensure storage
and stocktaking of absentee certificates, shall be handed over to the Central
Election Commission by the printing plant, district and polling station
commissions. The Central Election Commission after official promulgation of the
elections results shall ensure handing over to the respective archives all
control documents for storage.

7. The
Central Election Commission no later than 35 days before Election Day shall
hand over absentee certificates to the district election commissions in a quantity
not exceeding 2 % of the number of voters put in the voter lists within a
respective territorial election district under the procedure established by the
Central Election Commission.

8. District
election commissions no later than 32 days before Election Day together with
the voter lists hand over absentee certificates to the polling station
commissions in a quantity not exceeding 2% of the tentative number of voters
put in the voter lists at the respective polling station according to the
procedure stipulated by the paragraph 8 of article 41 of this Law. An act in
two copies on handing over absentee certificate to the polling station
commission shall be drawn up in form and under the procedure stipulated by
paragraph 8 of article 35 of this Law.

9. Polling
station commissions of special polling stations shall not be given absentee
certificates.

10. Polling
station commissions of polling stations abroad established in the diplomatic
and other official representative offices and consular institutions of Ukraine
abroad shall be provided with absentee certificates under the procedure
established by the Central Election Commission, in a quantity totaling 1% of
the number of voters put in voter list within a respective polling station as
of handing over forms. The absentee certificate issued at a polling station
abroad shall give reasons for putting a voter on a voter list at the regular
polling station only under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 20 of this
article.

11. Absentee
certificates not handed over to the polling station commissions, shall be
stored at the district election commission. Based upon a well-grounded request
of the polling station commission of the regular polling station, presented no
later than 5 days before Election Day, the district election commission by its
decision shall hand over the necessary quantity of the absentee certificates to
the mentioned polling station commission under the procedure stipulated by
paragraph 8 of this article.

12. At
issuing an absentee certificate on the voter’s request in accordance with
paragraph 1 of this Article, two members of a polling station commission shall
fill in entries in the absentee certificate as referred to in sub-paragraphs
1-6 of paragraph 3 of this Law, and shall ask a voter to affix his/her
signature to an absentee certificate. The entry “Absentee certificate # [number
of an absentee certificate] has been issued” shall be made in document
presented in accordance with paragraph 2 or 6 of article 2 of this Law on the
page “special entries” or in other suitable place as well date of the entry,
number of the territorial of mentioning of the foreign election district, and a
polling station number where an absentee certificate was issued should be
indicated. An entry shall be certified with signatures of two polling station
commission members with indication of their names and sealed with a polling
station commission’s seal. Date of issuance and number of the absentee
certificate shall be indicated in a field “signature of voter” of the voter
list on the polling station, and signatures of polling station commission
members, who issued and absentee certificate, shall be affixed in a field
“note” of the mentioned list. Members of the polling station commission at the
indicated by the voter place of his/her staying on Election Day (city, rayon,
oblast) have by themselves to ascertain number of the territorial election
district and provide the voter with the certificate containing address of the
respective district election commission as well inform voter on terms of
applying to the respective district election commission for his/her putting in
voter list based on absentee certificate.

13. At 20.00
of the last Friday preceding Election Day polling station commission shall
determine the number of voters, who received absentee certificates and
calculate the number of unused absentee certificates available. Unused absentee
certificates shall be cancelled by separation of the right bottom corner. An
act on cancellation of absentee certificates shall be drawn up in a form and
under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 8 of Article 35 of this Law. The
act shall be drawn up in two copies, one of which shall be handed over to a
district election commission no later than 12.00 of the last Saturday preceding
Election Day, and the second one shall be stored together with other elections
related documents in the polling station commission. The act shall include
following information:

1) quantity
and numbers of absentee certificates received by a polling station commission;

2) quantity
of voters who received absentee certificates;

3) numbers
of unused absentee certificates;

4) quantity
of cancelled absentee certificates;

5) numbers
of territorial election districts, where voters, who have received absentee
certificates, are going to cast their votes, and the number of such voters by
each territorial election district.

14. When
drawing up the act mentioned in paragraph 12 of this article, a polling station
commission shall check if the quantity of absentee certificates received
matches with the number of voters, who received their absentee certificates,
and the number of cancelled absentee certificates. If there are any
discrepancies between the mentioned data, a polling station commission shall
refer to it in the act, and shall give cause of such discrepancy determined
with a polling station commission’s decision.

15. Unused
cancelled absentee certificates shall be packed under the procedure stipulated
by paragraph 10 of article 86 of this Law. An inscription “cancelled absentee
certificate for the right of voting on elections of people’s deputies of Ukraine”
shall be made on a package.

16. The
package with cancelled absentee certificates and the act of cancellation shall
be stored with the secretary of the polling station commission until the voting
ends and shall be delivered to a territorial election commission together with
elections related documents as referred to in paragraph 11 of article 89 of
this Law.

17. District
election commissions at 20.00 of the last Friday preceding Election Day shall
cancel unused absentee certificates under the procedure indicated in paragraph
13 of this article. Following information shall be indicated in the act of the
district election commission of cancellation of unused absentee certificates:

1) quantity
and numbers of absentee certificates received by a district election
commission;

2) quantity
and numbers of absentee certificates handed over to polling station
commissions;

3) number
of unused absentee certificates, which were stored at the district election
commission;

4) number
of absentee certificates cancelled by the district election commission.

18. The
district election commission shall pack unused cancelled absentee certificates
under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 10 of article 86 of this Law. An
inscription “cancelled absentee certificates for the right of voting in
elections of people’s deputies of Ukraine” shall be made on a package. The
package with cancelled absentee certificates and the act of cancellation shall
be stored with the secretary of the district election commission until the
protocol promulgating the results of the voting in the territorial election
district is prepared.

19. A
district election commission no later than 30 days before Election Day shall
determine within a territorial election district created in the big city one
large or medium regular polling station, and within other territorial election
districts one large and one medium regular polling station on the territory of
each city of oblast importance or administrative center of each rayon as well
in resort areas that belongs to the territorial election district, where voters
put in a voter list based on their absentee certificates, shall cast their
votes.

20. A voter
who received at a regular polling station an absentee certificate to cast
his/her vote in the foreign election district has the right to be put in the
voter list and vote at the every polling station abroad. The voting of the
voter based on the absentee certificate at the polling station abroad shall
fall under procedure stipulated by the paragraph 9 of article 47 of this Law.

21. A
voter who intends to cast his/her vote based on an absentee certificate shall
file no later than at 12.00 of the last Saturday before Election Day an
application with a district election commission, indicated on the absentee
certificate, and submit the absentee certificate and a document where an entry
on issuance of an absentee certificate is made. In his/her application, the
voter shall indicate a polling station determined in accordance with paragraph
19 of this article he/she is going to vote at on Election Day. The absentee
certificate shall not give the voter a right to vote in the settlement, where
such absentee certificate was issued.

22. District
election commissions shall compile for each polling station determined in
accordance with paragraph 19 of this article a list of voters intending to cast
their votes by absentee certificates at the respective polling station in the
form, established by the Central Election Commission. A voter’s name shall be
put in the voter list with indication of absentee certificate’s number in a
“notice” field and signatures of two district election commission members
affixed. A voter shall not be put in a voter list if an absentee certificate is
unduly executed or records in it differ from records in the entry on receipt of
the absentee certificate according paragraph 12 of this article. The absentee certificate
without a voter’s signature shall be invalid.

23. A polling
station commission member of a regular or special polling station located
within the respective territorial election district in a settlement without a
polling station determined in accordance with paragraph 19 of this article who
is put in the voter list on the polling station in another settlement, may
complain under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 21 of this article to a
district election commission requesting to allow he/she to vote at the polling
station, where he/she is a commission member. In such a case the district
election commission may decide to put such person on the voter list at the
respective polling station.

24. When the
district election commission puts a voter on the voter list on the basis of the
absentee certificate under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 22 of this
article or decides to put a voter on a voter list under the procedure
stipulated by paragraph 23 of this article the entry on receipt of the absentee
certificate mentioned in paragraph 20 of this article, shall be cancelled by
crossing out a seal of a polling station commission, which issued the absentee
certificate, with indication of the date of crossing out and affixing
signatures of two members of a district election commission.

25. A list of
voters being compiled by a district election commission based on absentee
certificates under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 22 of this article
shall be handed over to a polling station commission of a respective polling
station determined in accordance with paragraph 19 of this article no later
than on 16.00 of the last Saturday before Election Day. Such handing over shall
be performed by two district election commission members at the meeting of the
respective polling station commission and shall be certified with an act drawn
up in form and under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 8 of article 35 of
this Law. The mentioned list shall be an integral part of a voter list for
voting on the respective polling station. Voters and sheets in a voter list for
an absentee voting shall be numbered separately form numbering voters and
sheets in a voter list received by the polling station commission in accordance
with paragraph 8 of article 41 of this Law.

26. A
district election commission shall submit consolidated information on the
number of absentee certificates issued by all polling station commissions of a
respective territorial election district and the number of voters intending to
cast their votes by absentee certificates in a respective territorial election
district to the Central Election Commission no later than 16 hours before
voting starts. The Central Election Commission shall submit information on
expected number of absentee voters to respective district election commission
and shall publish it on its web site no later than 12 hours before the voting
starts.

Article 43. Procedure of
Familiarization of Voters with Voter List at Regular Polling Stations and
Complain against Mistakes in Voter List

1. A
polling station commission of the regular polling station shall present a voter
list to public in a polling station’s premise after receiving thereof in terms
and under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 8 of Article 41 of this Law.

2. A
polling station commission of the regular polling station shall send two
personal invitations to each voter informing him/her about his/her putting in a
voter list at the respective polling station, his/her number in the voter list,
polling station commission’s address, its telephone number and work schedule,
as well time and date of the voting. Voters, whose names in the voter list are
marked in accordance with paragraph 5 of article 41 of this Law, shall be
simultaneously informed that they will be allowed to vote at the place of
his/her staying. Such written notices shall be sent no later than 25 and not
earlier than 7 days before Election Day.

3. Each
citizen shall have the right to look through a voter list in the premises of
the polling station commission and check out the information put in the voter
list. A citizen shall have the right to complain to a polling or a district
election commission or directly to a local court at the place of location of a
polling station against mistakes made at compiling the voter list, including
his/her non-inclusion, erroneous inclusion or withdrawal from a voter list or
other persons, as well existence or non-existence of a notice that voter can
not move by his/her own

4. A
citizen shall personally file a complaint with a polling station or district
election commission on circumstances falling within paragraph 3 of this
article. The complaint in a form, stipulated by article 107 of this Law
(without notification of the subject of complaint), being filed with the
election commission, shall be considered at the next commission’s meeting,
usually, in a complainant’s presence. A commission member who receives the
complaint shall inform a complainant on time of the next commission’s meeting.

5. A
complaint as referred to in paragraph 4 of this article may be filed with the
respective polling station commission no later than five days before Election
Day. A commission shall consider such claim in two days. Based on consideration
results, the polling station commission should adopt a decision on amending the
voter list or a well-grounded decision on refusal in meeting the complaint. The
copy of a decision shall be given to a complainant no later than on the
following day after making thereof. A complaint filed with a polling station
commission after expiration of the said term shall not be considered.

6. A
complaint as referred to in paragraph 4 of this article may be filed with a
respective district election commission no later than three days before
Election Day. A commission shall consider such complaint within two days, but
no later than on the third day before Election Day; and a complaint filed in
three days before Election Day shall be considered immediately. Based on
consideration results, a district election commission should adopt a decision
on amending the voter list or a well-grounded decision on refusal in meeting
the complaint. The copy of a decision shall be given to the complainant no
later than on the following day after the making thereof and in case of
adopting such decision in three days before Election Day – immediately.

7. A
complaint as referred to in paragraph 4 of this article may be filed with a
local court at the place of location of a polling station no later than two
days before Election Day. The court shall consider such complaint within two
days, but no later that in two days before Election Day, and the complaint
filed in two days before Election Day shall be considered immediately. A
complainant shall be given a court decision on the day of adoption thereof. A
court decision shall be handed over to a polling station commission no later
than five days before Election Day, and if passed after this day but no later
than two days before Election Day - it should be handed over to a district
election commission.

8. An
election commission or a court shall adopt decision on voter’s inclusion or
non-inclusion in the voter list on the respective polling station based on
ascertaining the voter’s place of residence and taking into account requirements
of paragraph 3 of article 41 of this law. If required, the election commission
or a court when considering the complaint may contact the respective working
group of voter registration, mentioned in paragraphs 2, 3 or 9 of article 39 of
this Law requesting the clarification of the voter’s data.

9. When
considering the complaint on voter’s inclusion in the voter list under
procedure stipulated by paragraph 5 of this article a polling station
commission reveals reasons for possible putting a voter on the voter lists on
one or several other polling stations, the commission no later than on the
following day after passing a decision on putting the voter in the voter list
on the respective polling station shall inform a district election commission
of the territorial election district covering the polling station on putting
the individual on the voter list and on other possible places of his/her
inclusion in the voter lists. The district election commission being informed
thereof, shall ensure immediate notification of district election commissions
of territorial election districts, covering polling stations, where the said
person could have been put in the voter list, on putting this person on the
voter list.

10. When
considering the complaint on voter’s inclusion in the voter list under
procedure stipulated by paragraph 6 of this article as well receiving
notifications, mentioned in paragraph 11 of article 46 and paragraph 15 of
article 47 a district election commission reveals reasons for possible putting
a voter in the voter list on one or several other polling stations the district
election commission shall inform district election commissions of territorial
election districts covering such polling stations, on putting the voter in the
voter list.

1. Upon
request of a commission member, candidate for a deputy, authorized
representative of a party (bloc), a polling station or district election
commission may file an inquiry with a head of the respective working group of
voter registration for clarification and verification of information concerning
place of residence of the voter or other his/her data. The head of the
respective working group of voter registration should provide such data no
later than on the third day after being inquired by the election commission,
but no later than three days before Election Day.

2. A
polling station commission shall make decision on amending a voter list based
on citizen’s complaints as well based on data received under procedure
stipulated by paragraph 1 of this article. The polling station commission may
decide on amending a voter list no later than three days before Election Day.

3. In two
days before Election Day a polling station commission shall hand over to a
district election commission at its meeting the list of voters, who were put in
the voter list within the respective polling station, and the list of voters,
who were excluded from a voter list according to the polling station decision
commission. The said lists, being compiled in the form of a voter list, shall
be accompanied with decisions of a polling station commission on excluding
individuals from and putting in a voter list and documents, based on which
respective decisions were passed. At least three polling station commission’s
members representing different parties (blocs), including a commission’s head,
and in case of his/her absence deputy head or a commission’s secretary, shall
hand over the said lists and documents on behalf of a polling station
commission. An act on handing over such lists and documents shall be executed
in two copies in form and under the procedure, stipulated by paragraph 8 of
article 35 of this Law.

4. No later
than six days before Election Day, following entities shall provide a district
election commission with information in a form stipulated by paragraph 15 of
article 39 of this Law:

1) heads of
the respective territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of
Ukraine - on citizens of Ukraine who have changed their place of residence
within a respective territory for the period form 1 July of the year preceding
the year of elections;

2) heads of
territorial bodies of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine - on citizens of
Ukraine, who used to reside within the respective territory and died after 1
July of the year preceding the year of elections, and on citizens of Ukraine
who changed their first, second names and patronymics within the said period;

3) heads of
local military commissariats - on citizens of Ukraine, who used to reside
within the respective territory and were conscripted after 1 September of the
year preceding the year of elections, and on citizens who opted out within the
same period;

4) commanders
of military units (formations), deployed within the territory of a respective
city or rayon – on changes in the list of citizens of Ukraine residing within
territory of the respective military unit (formation), including information on
enlisted personnel who will not be opted out until Election Day, as compared
with submission, being referred to in sub-paragraph 5 of paragraph 12 Article
39 of this Law;

5) heads of
local bodies of the State Department for Execution of Sentences - on changes in
contingent of citizens of Ukraine serving their terms at penitentiary
institutions located within the respective territory as compared with
submission, being referred to in sub-paragraph 6 of paragraph 12 Article 39 of
this Law;

6) heads of
local custody and care bodies — on citizens of Ukraine, who were declared
incompetent by courts after 1 July of the year preceding the year of elections,
and on citizens in relation to whom a court cancelled decision on declaring
them incompetent for the same period;

7) heads of
specialized institutions being engaged in registration of homeless citizens in
accordance with the law of Ukraine On Principles of Social Protection of
Homeless Citizens and Street Children on citizens of Ukraine who were
registered at the respective legal address after 1 July of the year preceding
the year of elections, and on citizens of Ukraine, whose registration at such
address was cancelled during the same period.

5. A
district election commission shall adopt a decision on putting a voter in the
voter list or on excluding a voter from the voter list in the respective
polling station of a territorial election district by results of a citizen’s
complaint consideration in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 43 of this
Law, and also based on information being referred to in paragraph 1 of this
article, submissions of bodies and institutions, as referred to in paragraph 4
of this article, notices received from district election commissions on putting
voters on the voter list at another polling station, as referred to in
paragraphs 9 and 10 of article 43 of this Law.

6. Based on
decisions adopted according to paragraph 5 of this article and paragraph 23 of
article 42 of this Law, as well as based on a court’s decision submitted to a
district election commission in accordance with paragraph 7 of article 43 of
this Law, a head, deputy head or a secretary of a district election commission
shall compile lists of voters to be put in a voter list at each regular polling
station, and list of voters to be excluded from a voter list at each polling
station of a territorial election district no later than three days before
Election Day. The list shall indicate reasons for putting a voter on or
excluding from a list. Each list shall be drawn up in two copies in the form of
a voter list of a polling station. The reliability of such voter lists shall be
certified with signatures of the head and secretary of a district election
commission and a commission’s seal affixed to each page of a list.

7. A district
election commission at the meeting held according to paragraph 3 of this
article shall hand over to each polling station commission one copy of the
respective lists as referred to in paragraph 6 of this article. An act on
handing over the said lists to a polling station commission shall be executed
in two copies in form and under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 8 of
article 35 of this Law. The second copy of each list shall be deposited with a
district election commission.

Article 45. Procedure of Making
Amendments to Voter List at Regular Polling Stations

1. Head,
deputy head or a secretary of a commission may make amendments to a voter list
at the regular polling station.

2. A voter
list at the regular polling station may be amended on the following grounds:

1) a
voter’s application for excluding him/her from a voter list and issuance of an
absentee certificate in accordance with paragraph 1 of article 42 of this Law;

2) a
decision of a polling station commission passed in accordance with paragraph 2
of article 44 of this Law;

3) a court
decision passed in accordance with paragraph 7 of article 43 of this Law;

4) lists of
voters to be put in a voter list at a polling station and to be excluded from a
voter list, drawn up by a district election commission in accordance with
paragraph 6 of article 44 of this Law.

3. In
making amendments to a voter list on grounds indicated in sub-paragraphs 3 and
4 of paragraph 2 of this Article, a polling station commission shall not pass a
decision.

4. Head,
deputy head or a secretary of a polling station commission shall make
amendments to a voter list immediately after closing a commission’s meeting, at
which they passed a decision as referred to in sub-paragraph 2 of paragraph 2
of this Article, or immediately after a polling station commission receives
documents as referred to in sub-paragraphs 3 and 4 of paragraph 2 of this
article.

5. When
putting a voter in a voter list at a polling station under the procedure of
making amendments to a voter list, information on such voter, as stipulated by
the voter list form, shall be added in the end of the voter list subject to
documents, which gave basis for putting a voter on a voter list. At that, in a
field “notes” date and number of a polling station or a district election
commission’s resolution or a court decision on putting a voter on a voter list
shall be indicated.

6. Individuals,
who have been put in a voter list illegally, shall be excluded from a list by
crossing out, which act shall be certified with a “crossed-out” entry and
signatures of a head and a secretary of a polling station commission to be
affixed in the “note” field. At that, in the field next to a voter’s name, date
and number of a polling station or a district election commission’s resolution
or a court decision on excluding a voter on a voter list shall be indicated.

7. A voter
list after being amended with changes indicated in sub-paragraph 4 of paragraph
2 of this article should be closed by crossing-out of unfilled entries of the
list in the way that makes impossible further amendments of the voter list and
is affixed by the signatures of the head and secretary of the commission, and
certified by the polling station commission’s seal.

8. Head,
deputy head and a secretary of a polling station commission may correct errors
and technical mistakes in a voter list on Election Day – wrongful spelling of a
first, second name, patronymic, date of birth, house, apartment number – if,
despite of such technical mistakes, it is clear that a voter who arrived at a
polling station for voting is the same person who was put in the list. Such
correction shall be certified with signatures of a head or a deputy head and a
secretary of a polling station commission being put in a “notice” field.

9. It is
prohibited to make any amendments to a voter list at the regular polling
station after execution of actions referred to in paragraph 7 of this article.

Article 46. Procedure of Compiling
of and Clarifying of Voter List at Special Polling Stations

1. At
special polling stations (except polling station in the hospitals) the voter
lists shall be compiled no later than 20 days before Election Day by the
respective polling station commissions in form stipulated by paragraph 2 of Article
41 of this Law based on information submitted by heads of respective
institutions, bodies, captains of vessels, commanders of military units
(formations), where such polling stations have been created.

2. At
special polling stations created in the hospitals the voter lists shall be
compiled no later than 10 days before Election Day by the respective polling
station commissions in form stipulated by paragraph 2 of article 41 of this Law
based on information submitted by heads of respective institutions. The voters
who shall leave the hospital before Election Day shall not be included into
submission and a voter list at such polling station.

3. Information,
as referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article, shall be submitted in one
copy bearing a signature of a head of the respective institution, body, captain
of a vessel, commander of a military unit (formation) and shall be certified
with a respective seal. Head of the respective institution, body, captain of a
vessel, commander of a military unit (formation) no later than 23 days and head
of the hospital – no later than 11 days before Election Day shall ensure
submission of the said information to a polling station commission and
reliability thereof.

4. A
polling station commission of a special polling station shall provide one copy
for public inspection at the premise of a polling station commission on the
following day after execution of a voter list at a polling station.

5. Citizens
shall look through the voter list at a special polling station and complain
against any errors revealed under the procedure stipulated by article 43 of
this Law.

6. After a
voter list was compiled at a special polling station, one copy of it shall be
handed over to the respective district election commission. The content of the
voter list at the polling station created on the vessel navigating under the
State Flag of Ukraine or at a polar station of Ukraine may be handed over using
technical means of communication.

7. If a
voter went to a hospital later than 10 days before Election Day, but earlier
than two days before Election Day, a respective polling station commission
shall clarify a voter list by putting a voter to a list based on information
submitted immediately by the head of the respective institution, whose
signature shall be certified with a seal of the respective institution. On
putting the voter in a voter list a district election commission shall be
informed immediately.

8. A voter
who went to a hospital in the same settlement, where he/she resides, may
complain to election commission of the regular polling station, where he/she is
put in a voter list, for voting at the place of his/her stay under the
procedure stipulated by paragraph 5 of article 84 of this Law. In such a case,
he/she shall not be put in a voter list at a special polling station.

9. A
district election commission or a polling station commission of a special
polling station on demand of a commission member, candidate for a deputy,
authorized representative of a party (bloc) shall have a right to file a
request with heads of respective institutions and bodies, commanders of
military units (formations) to provide for verifying documents that certify
voters staying in the respective institutions or body or contain information on
their residence (stay) within a territory where a military unit (formation) is
deployed. The said officers or officials should provide these documents or true
copies thereof no later than on the third day after being requested by an
election commission, but no later than two days before Election Day.

10. If a
special polling station is created as an exception in accordance with paragraph
7 of article 21 of this Law, a voter list shall be compiled by a polling
station commission no later than 7 days before Election Day based on
information submitted by a head of the respective institution, body, captain of
a vessel, commander of a military unit (formation). The said information shall
be submitted no later than 8 days before Election Day in one copy, bearing
signature of a head of the respective institution, body, captain of a vessel,
commander of a military unit (formation), sealed with a respective seal. After
a voter list was compiled at such polling station, one copy of the list shall
be immediately handed over to a respective district election commission. A
commission of the polling station created on a vessel navigating under the
State Flag of Ukraine or at a polar station of Ukraine may hand over the
content of a voter list using technical means of communication.

11. An
election commission of a special polling station when amending the voter list
shall inform a district election commission of the territorial election
district covering the polling station on putting respective individuals on a voter
list and on their place of residence no later than on the next day after
putting a voter on a voter list.

12. A
district election commission shall inform district election commissions of
respective territorial election districts on putting all individuals on a voter
list of this specific polling station based on received copy of a voter list,
as indicated in paragraph 10 of this article, or a notice indicated in
paragraph 11 of this article.

1. After
polling stations abroad created a working group of registration of the voters
residing or staying abroad based on the verified general voter lists by foreign
countries compile voter lists at each polling station abroad in form adopted
according to paragraph 2 of article 41 of this Law. Those lists in hard copy
form and electronic form shall be hand over by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
of Ukraine to the respective polling station commissions no later than 30 days
before Election Day. Such voter lists in hard copy format shall be signed by
the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and sealed by the respective
seal.

2. No later
than 10 days before Election Day a polling station commission of a respective
polling station abroad should be informed in form stipulated by paragraph 15 of
article 39 of this Law by:

1) heads of
diplomatic and other official representations, and consular institutions of
Ukraine in foreign states – on citizens of Ukraine on consular register, and
other citizens of Ukraine residing in the respective foreign state, taking into
account changes, which occurred after 1 July of the year preceding the year of
elections;

2) commanders
of military units (formations), deployed outside of Ukraine – on citizens of
Ukraine, serving in military units (formations), deployed outside of Ukraine,
taking into account changes, which occurred after 1 July of the year preceding
the year of elections;

3. Information
referred to in paragraph 2 of this article, shall be submitted in one copy
bearing the signature of the head of the respective representation,
institution, commander of a military unit (formation), certified with the
respective seal. The head of the respective representation, institution,
commander of a military unit (formation) shall ensure timely submission of the
said information to a polling station commission and the reliability thereof.

4. A
polling station commission of a polling station abroad shall adopt a decision
on putting a voter in the voter list or on excluding a voter from a voter list
at the respective polling station based on consideration of citizens’ complaint
in accordance with paragraph 7 of this article as well based on submissions
referred to in paragraph 2 of this article.

5. A
polling station commission of a polling station abroad on the following day
after reception of a list on a polling station shall provide one copy of a
voter list for public examination in a premise of a polling station commission.

6. Citizens
shall look through the voter list at a polling station abroad under the
procedure stipulated by Article 43 of this Law. Personal invitation containing
information about voter inclusion in the voter list at the respective polling
station abroad, voter’s number in the voter list, polling station commission
address, its telephone number and working hours as well time and date of the
voting shall be send to voter no later than 7 days before Election Day.

7. Each
citizen may file a complaint against any irregularities in a voter list at a
polling station abroad with a respective polling station commission under the
procedure stipulated by paragraphs 3-5 of article 43 of this Law.

8. If a
polling station abroad is established as an exception in accordance with
paragraph 8 of Article 22 of this Law, the polling station commission shall
compile a voter list no later than 7 days before Election Day based on
information submitted by a head of the respective official representation or
consular institution of Ukraine, commander of a military unit (formation). The
said information shall be submitted no later than 8 days before Election Day in
one copy bearing a signature of a head of the representation, institution,
commander of a military unit (formation) and shall be certified with a
respective seal. After the voter list compiled its content immediately shall be
handed over to the Central Electoral Commission by technical means of
communication.

9. A voter
who arrived to a polling station abroad before Election Day inclusive with
absentee certificate shall personally submit to respective polling station
commission a written application on putting him/her on a voter list at this
polling station, his/her absentee certificate, and document with the entry on
issuing him/her the absentee certificate according to paragraph 12 of article
42 of this Law. On basis of those documents a voter is put in the voter list by
head, deputy head or secretary of the polling station commission. At that,
number of the absentee certificate, numbers of territorial election district
and polling station where the absentee certificate was issued shall be
indicated in the entry “notice” of the voter list. A polling station commission
of the polling station abroad after voting finished immediately shall inform by
technical means of communication the Central Election Commission on the
quantity of voters, included in the voter list at the respective polling
station by the absentee certificates.

10. A voter
who arrived at a polling station abroad no later than seven days before
Election Day without an absentee certificate, shall submit personally to the
respective polling station commission a written application on putting him/her
on a voter list at this polling station with indication of his/her place of
residence, and one of documents, as referred to in paragraph 6 of article 2 of
this Law.

11. Head,
deputy head or a secretary of a commission shall make amendments to a voter
list at a polling station abroad.

12. Amendments
to a voter list at a polling station abroad shall be made based on:

1) a
voter’s application on excluding him/her from a voter list and issuance of an
absentee certificate in accordance with paragraph 1 of article 42 of this Law;

2) decision
of a polling station commission made by results of consideration of complaint
mentioned in paragraph 7 of this article or application mentioned in paragraph
10 of this article;

3) a
voter’s application with added absentee certificate under the procedure
stipulated by paragraph 9 of this article;

4) information,
mentioned in paragraph 2 of this article.

13. When
amending a voter list on grounds as referred to in sub-paragraph 1 and 3 of
paragraph 12 of this Article, a polling station commission shall not pass a
decision.

14. Head,
deputy head or a secretary of a polling station commission shall make
amendments to a voter list immediately after closing a commission’s meeting, at
which decision is passed as referred to in sub-paragraph 2 of paragraph 12 of
this Article paragraph 4 of this Law.

15. A polling
station commission of a polling station abroad when including persons in the
voter list according to paragraph 8 and 12 of this article shall notify the
Central Election Commission by technical means of communication no later than
next day after voter list’s compilation finished at the respective polling
station or after inclusion a voter into the voter list on putting those persons
on the voter list and on their place of residence.

16. The
Central Election Commission based on received voter list mentioned in paragraph
8 of this article or notification mentioned in paragraph 15 of this article
shall inform district election commissions of the respective territorial
election districts on putting all individuals on a voter list of such polling
station abroad and on necessity to exclude them form the voter lists of the
respective polling stations.

Article 48. Financing of Elections
of Deputies

1. Expenditures
for the preparation and conduct of elections of deputies shall be incurred
exclusively from the funds of the State Budget of Ukraine, allocated for
preparation and conduct of elections of deputies as well as the resources of
election funds of parties (blocs), candidates for deputy of which are
registered by the Central Election Commission.

2. In order
to finance their election campaign, a party (bloc) of the candidates for
deputy, which are registered by the Central Election Commission shall establish
their election funds, which shall be formed in accordance with the procedure
set forth by this Law.

3. It is
prohibited to finance election events or materials through sources not
stipulated by paragraph 1 of this Article, irrespective of availability of
agreements with parties (blocs) — subjects of the election process or
candidates nominated by such parties (blocs).

Article 49. Financing of the
Preparation and Conduct of Elections of Deputies from the Funds of the State
Budget of Ukraine Allocated for Preparation and Conduct of Elections of
Deputies

1. The
Central Election Commission, being the main funds administrator, shall ensure
financial provision of preparation to and conduct of the elections of deputies
through the State Budget of Ukraine.

2. Amount
of funds for preparation to and conduct of the elections of deputies shall be
stipulated by a separate line of the State Budget of Ukraine upon submission of
the Central Election Commission.

3. Expenditures
for preparation to and conduct of elections of deputies, including expenditures
for printing out informational posters of parties (blocs), which have nominated
deputies registered by the Central Election Commission, payment for publication
of election programs of parties (blocs) in mass media, radio- and TV
broadcasting shall be carried out by the Central Election Commission and
district election commissions in accordance with estimates of expenditures,
approved by the Central Election Commission within limits of funds reserved for
preparation to and conduct of the elections in the State Budget of Ukraine.

4. Funds
for preparation and conduct of the elections of deputies allocated through the
State Budget of Ukraine shall be transferred to the Central Election Commission
by the State Treasury of Ukraine within three days after announcement on the
election process beginning.

5. The
Central Election Commission shall approve average norms of expenditures for a
district election commission, and average norms of expenditures for polling
station commissions, which should cover, in particular, expenditures for rent
of election commissions’ premises and payment for use of technical devises and
remuneration for commission members.

6. A district
election commission shall draw up a unified estimate of expenditures for
preparation to and conduct of the elections, including expenditures of a
district election commission and expenditures of polling station commissions
within a territorial election district based on average norms of expenditures
within ten days after establishment of a commission. The Central Election
Commission shall approve unified estimates of a district election commission.

7. Election
commissions shall be funded under the procedure established by the Central
Election Commission together with the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine.

8. A
district election commission shall transfer all funds of the State Budget of
Ukraine, which were not used for preparation to and conduct of the elections,
back to accounts of the Central Election Commission no later than seven days
after promulgation of the elections of deputies results. The State Treasury of
Ukraine shall inform the Central Election Commission on transference of such
funds back to its account within three days.

9. A
district election commission shall execute and submit to the Central Election
Commission a financial report on receiving and allocation of funds of the State
Budget of Ukraine for preparation and conduct of the elections of deputies
under the procedure, established by the Central Election Commission, in a form,
approved by the Central Election Commission together with the State Treasury
Office of Ukraine within fifteen days after promulgation of the election results.

10. Control
of correct and purposeful utilization of funds of the State Budget of Ukraine,
allocated for preparation to and conduct of the elections, shall be vested in
the Central Election Commission and the respective bodies of the State Audit
Service of Ukraine under the procedure established by the Central Election
Commission together with the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine.

Article 50. Remuneration for Work
of Commission Members and Individuals Employed for Commission Work

1. Work of
a commission member, who performs his/her duties at an election commission on a
paid basis, shall be remunerated for in the amount and under the procedure
established by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine upon submission of the
Central Election Commission, through funds of State Budget of Ukraine allocated
for preparation to and conduct of the elections.

2. Amount
of wage payments to a commission member, whose production or official duties at
his/her principal place of business are suspended, shall not be less than
his/her average wage payment at the principle place of business. Amount of wage
payments to a commission member who is a pensioner or temporary unemployed,
shall not be less than the amount of minimal wage established for the moment of
its accounting.

3. A
one-time monetary bonus may be calculated and paid to members of the election
commissions within limits of saved funds of the wage pool, as reserved by the
estimate of expenditures of a respective election commission for preparation
and conduct of the elections under the procedure, established by the Central
Election Commission.

4. Work of
commission members (including pensioners and temporary unemployed individuals)
on Election Day and days when voting results are determined, shall be paid for
in the amount and under the procedure established by the Cabinet of Ministers
of Ukraine upon submission of the Central Election Commission.

5. Work of
individuals as referred to in paragraph 17 of Article 33 of this Law, shall be
paid for in the amount and under the procedure established by the Cabinet of
Ministers of Ukraine at the expense of funds of the State Budget of Ukraine,
allocated for preparation and conduct of the elections. Amount of wage payments
to such persons shall not be less than the amount of minimal wage established
for the moment of its accounting.

6. Performance
of work related to preparation and conduct of elections by the persons
acknowledged by law as unemployed shall not be considered as a basis for taking
off the register in the State Employment Service as such who are looking for a
job or as a basis for suspension of payments on unemployment or any other kinds
of allowances.

7. In order
to receive payments, provided in paragraphs 1- 4 of this article, a member of
the election commission shall submit a copy of the certificate of his/her
identification number or an application of being a person without such
identification number to a relevant district election commission.

Article 51. A Party’s (Bloc’s)
Election Fund

1. A party’s
(bloc’s) election fund shall have one accumulative account, money for funding
the election campaign of a party (bloc) shall be transferred to, and current
accounts, through which finding of expenditures for election agitation of a
party (bloc) shall be made. Funds shall be transferred to current accounts of a
party’s (bloc’s) election fund through an accumulative account of a party’s (bloc’s)
election fund exclusively.

2. A party
(bloc) shall open an accumulative account of an election fund with a banking
institution in the city of Kyiv chosen at its own discretion. A party (bloc)
may open one accumulative account of an election fund in the national currency
only.

3. A party
(bloc) may open current accounts of an election fund in banking institutions of
Ukraine on the “one account per one election district” basis. One current
account of an election fund may be used for several territorial election
districts.

4. A party
(bloc) shall not fund its election campaign in a foreign election district.

5. A party
(bloc) should open an accumulative account of an election fund no later than 65
days before Election Day. A basis for opening an accumulative account of an
election fund shall be a copy of the Central Election Commission’s decision on
registration of candidates for deputies, put in the election list of a party
(bloc). Grounds for opening a current account of an election fund shall be a
certificate on accumulative account opened, issued by a banking institution.

6. Procedures
of opening and closing accounts of election funds of parties (blocs) shall be
established by the National Bank of Ukraine upon coordination with the Central
Election Commission no later than 100 days before Election Day.

7. Services
of banking institutions, related to opening and closing of election fund’s
accounts and their operation, shall be rendered free of charge. A banking
institution shall calculate and pay no interest for utilization of funds, being
deposited on accounts of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund.

8. A
banking institution shall inform the Central Election Commission in written on
an account’s opening and its banking details no later than on the next working
day after an accumulative or current accounts have been opened.

9. Information
on opening of an accumulative account of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund and
its details shall be published by the Central Election Commission in the Holos
Ukrainy and Uryadovyi Kuryer newspapers once, no later than on the
fifth day after being informed by a banking institution on opening of
accumulative account of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund at the expense of
funds, allocated for preparation to and conduct of the elections through the
State Budget of Ukraine. Subsequent announcements on banking details of accumulative
account of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund shall be published in printed media
at the expense of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund.

10. Funds
shall be transferred from current accounts of a party’s (bloc) election fund in
a cashless form.

11. Allotment
of money from current accounts of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund shall be
terminated at 3.00 p.m. of the last day before Election Day.

12. No funds
may be arrested on accounts of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund.

13. Accounts
may be closed and transactions on accounts of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund
may be terminated prior to expiration of term stipulated by paragraph 10 of
this Law if a party (bloc) losses the status of the election process’ subject
only.

Article 52. Administrators of Party’s
(Bloc’s) Election Fund

1. A party
(bloc) shall appoint two administrators of an election fund having an exclusive
right to manage funds deposited on an accumulative account of a party’s
(bloc’s) election fund, from among candidates, put in a voter list of such
party (bloc), or from among its authorized representatives in all-national
constituency, as referred to in paragraph 5 of Article 72
of this Law.

2. A party
(bloc) shall appoint one administrator of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund for
each current account from among candidates, put in a voter list of such party
(bloc), or from among its authorized representatives in a respective election
district. An administrator of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund shall have an
exclusive right to manage funds on the respective current account of a party’s
(bloc’s) election fund.

3. Administrators
accumulative account funds of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund should keep
record of receiving and allocation of funds of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund
among current accounts. Administrators of current accounts funds of a party’s
(bloc’s) election fund should be accountable for strict compliance with
financial procedures, purposeful utilization of the a party’s (bloc’s) election
fund.

4. A
banking institution, where an accumulative or a current account of a party’s
(bloc’s) election fund is opened, should provide an administrator with
information on amount and sources of contributions, which have been transferred
to accounts of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund, cash flow, and account balance
on a weekly basis or upon his/her request.

5. An
administrator of a current account of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund should
keep record of utilization of money deposited on a current account of a party’s
(bloc’s) election fund. An administrator of a current account of a party’s
(bloc’s) election fund should provide an administrator of an accumulative
account of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund with a financial act on utilization
of money deposited on a current account of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund no
later than on the seventh day after Election Day.

6. Administrator
of funds of an accumulative account of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund should
provide the Central Election Commission with a financial report on receipts and
utilization of money deposited on a party’s (bloc’s) election fund no later
than on 15th day after Election Day.

7. Form of
a financial report, as referred to in paragraphs 5 and 6 of this article, shall
be established by the Central Election Commission no later than 80 days prior
to Election Day.

Article 53. Formation of Party’s
(Bloc’s) Election Fund and Use of its Resources

1. A
party’s (bloc’s) election fund shall be formed at expense of own funds of a
party (parties constituting an election bloc), and voluntary contributions of
individuals (further – voluntary contributions).

2. Voluntary
contribution of an individual to a party’s (bloc’s) election fund shall not
exceed four minimum wages. Own founds of a party (bloc), which are transferred
on an accumulative account, shall not be limited by sums or numbers of
transfers.

3. Following
individuals cannot make voluntary contributions to a party’s (bloc’s) election
fund:

1) foreigners
and stateless individuals;

2) anonymous
contributors (if a payment document bears no details as stipulated by paragraph
4 of this Law).

4. Voluntary
contribution to a party’s (bloc’s) election fund shall be accepted by a banking
institution or a post office if a citizen submits one of documents, as referred
to in sub-paragraphs 1 or 2 of paragraph 3 of Article 2 of this Law. This
payment document should contain the first, second name, patronymic, date of
birth and the place of residence of the person as well as his/her lodging
address.

5. A
banking institution or a post office should transfer a voluntary optional
contribution to an accumulative account of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund no
later than on the following working day after receipt of the respective payment
document. General term of cashless transfer of contributions to an accumulative
account of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund should not exceed two banking days.

6. An
administrator of an accumulative account of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund
shall have the right to reject a contribution of an individual by submission of
a respective application and a payment document to a banking institution, where
an accumulative account of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund is maintained. Such
contribution shall be paid back to an individual at the expense of an voluntary
contribution, and if it is impossible to do so, it shall be transferred into
the State Budget of Ukraine.

7. If an
optional contribution made by an individual exceeds the amount stipulated by
paragraph 2 of this Law, exceeding sum shall be paid back to the individual by
a banking institution, where an accumulative account of a party’s (bloc’s)
election fund is maintained based on a respective application and a payment
document, submitted by an administrator of an accumulative account of a party’s
(bloc’s) election fund, at the expense of such funds, and if it is impossible
to do so, it shall be transferred into the State Budget of Ukraine.

8. An
administrator of an accumulative account of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund
should reject contribution of an individual, who cannot make such contributions
in accordance with this law, if an administrator is aware of it. Based on
administrator’s application on rejection of a contribution, a banking
institution, where an accumulative account of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund
is maintained, shall transfer such contribution to the State Budget of Ukraine.
If an administrator of an accumulative account of a party’s (bloc’s) election
fund is aware of fact, that an contributing individual had no right to do so,
he/she has to reject such contribution by filing an application to a banking
institution, where an accumulative account of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund
is maintained, for transference of the respective sum to the State Budget of
Ukraine within three days following the day, when he/she became aware of it.

9. A
banking institution, where an accumulative account of a party’s (bloc’s)
election fund is maintained, shall transfer funds from an accumulative account
to current accounts of the same a party’s (bloc’s) election fund based on the
respective application of an administrator of an accumulative account of a
party’s (bloc’s) election fund.

10. The
Central Election Commission and a banking institution, where an accumulative
account of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund is maintained, shall exercise
control over receipts, accounting and utilization of election funds of parties
(blocs) in accordance with the procedure established by the Central Election
Commission together with the National Bank of Ukraine and an authorized central
executive authority in the sphere of communications no later than 90 days
before Election Day.

11. A banking
institution, where an accumulative account of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund
is maintained, shall transfer funds, not used by a party (bloc), to an
accumulative account of a respective a party’s (bloc’s) election fund no later
than on the fifth day after Election Day.

12. Within
five days after receipt of a respective decision of a party (bloc) by a banking
institution, funds of an election fund, not used by a party (bloc), shall be
transferred from an accumulative account of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund to
a current banking account of a party (parties, constituting a bloc) upon decision
of a management of a party (bloc) passed within tend days after promulgation of
voting results. If a party (bloc) fails to pass such decision within the said
term, a banking institution shall transfer unutilized funds of a party’s
(bloc’s) election fund to the State Budget of Ukraine on the 15th
day after promulgation of the election results by the Central Election
Commission.

13. Contributions
which are transferred to the accumulative account of a party’s (bloc’s)
election fund later than one day prior to Election Day shall be returned by the
banking institution to the relevant person at the expense of such
contributions, and if it is impossible to do so, it shall be transferred into
the State Budget of Ukraine.

Article 54. Logistical Support of Preparation
and Conduct of the Elections of Deputies

1. Executive
authorities and local self-government bodies, their officials should assist
election commissions in execution of their duties: provide them with all
required premises in accordance with norms, determined by this law or
respective regulations of the Central Election Commission passed in compliance
with this Law, assist in equipping thereof; ensure their protection and
security of ballot papers and other election documents; provide transport
facilities and communication means, devices, office equipment to be returned
after termination of election commissions’ office, in accordance with norms and
lists given by the Central Election Commission. Procedure of payment and
remuneration for such services shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers
of Ukraine.

2. Purchase
of goods, payment for work, services as required for preparation to and conduct
of elections of deputies during the election campaign shall be made by election
commissions at the expense of funds of the State Budget of Ukraine under the
procedure established by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

Article 55. General Procedure of
Nomination of Candidates for Deputies

1. A
citizen of Ukraine, who in accordance with Article 9 of this Law may be elected
a deputy, should give his/her consent to run for position of a deputy on behalf
of a party (bloc).

2. Nomination
of candidates for deputies shall start in 119 and end in 90 days before
Election Day.

Article 56. Procedure of Election
Bloc Establishment

1. An
election bloc may be created by two or more parties, being referred to in
paragraph 2 of Article 10 of this Law, based on decisions of a congress (meeting,
conference) of each of the said parties. Such decision should be signed by a
party leader and sealed with a party’s seal. Congresses (meetings, conferences)
of parties, which decide to establish an election bloc, may be held in any time
prior to expiration of nomination term.

2. Heads or
representatives of parties, being authorized by congresses (meetings,
conferences) to establish an election bloc, shall enter into agreement on
creation thereof, to be signed by them and sealed with seals of establishing
parties.

3. An
agreement on creation of an election bloc should determine as follows:

1) full and
abbreviated name of a bloc;

2) management
bodies of an election bloc and ways of operation thereof;

3) representative
quotas and way of delegation of representatives to an inter-party congress
(meeting, conference) of parties constituting a bloc;

4) procedure
of an inter-party congress (meeting, conference) holding for nomination of
candidates;

6) terms of
nomination and quotas of deputy representation in the election list of parties
constituting an election bloc;

7) procedure
of making decisions on excluding an individual from an election list of candidates
for deputies of a party (bloc).

4. Full
name of a bloc should contain names of all parties, constituting a bloc. Full
or abbreviated name of a bloc may not include name of party, which is not
included in a bloc, names and surnames of persons or historical individuals if
they are not candidates on behalf of this bloc or if their names or surnames
are not used in the official name at least of one party which is included in
the bloc.

5. The
Central Election Commission shall be informed on establishment of a bloc no
later than five days before the inter-party congress (meeting, conference). A
notice signed by party representatives, authorized to create an election bloc,
shall be accompanied with an agreement on creation of an election bloc, decision
of each party on creation of an election bloc, and extracts from protocol of
congresses (meetings, conferences) on consideration of the issue, and copies of
certificates on registration of parties, which have created an election bloc,
their charters being certified free of charge by the Ministry of Justice of
Ukraine after announcement of the election process beginning. If a name of a
bloc contains an individual’s name, a notice shall also be accompanied with an
individual’s permit, bearing his/her signature certified under the established
procedure.

6. If it is
revealed that an agreement on establishment of an election bloc conflicts with
this Article or if a party enters an election bloc in defiance of paragraph 2
of Article 10 of this Law, the Central Election Commission shall send a
notification to parties, which created an election bloc, demanding that
infringement should be eliminated and saying that repeat infringement may cause
refusal in registration of candidates nominated by a bloc based on
sub-paragraphs 1, 2 of paragraph 1 of Article 62 of this Law, within two days
after being informed on a bloc establishment. The said notification shall be
sent to parties constituting an election bloc no later than on the third day
after receipt of documents, as referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article.

Article 57. Procedure of
Nomination of Candidates for Deputies

1. The
number of candidates for deputies nominated by a party (bloc) may not exceed
the number of deputies making the constitutional composition of the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine, as determined by the Constitution of Ukraine, and may not be
less than 18 individuals.

2. A party
(bloc) may nominate an individual, being a party member (member of a party
constituting a bloc) or a non-affiliated person, who may be elected a deputy in
accordance with Article 9 of this Law, for a deputy.

3. A party
being an election bloc member may not nominate deputies or be a member of
another election bloc by its own.

4. A party
shall nominate candidates for deputies at its congress (meeting, conference),
and a bloc — at the inter-party congress (meeting, conference) of parties
constituting a bloc. A congress (meeting, conference), which nominate
candidates for deputies, should be attended by at least 200 delegates.

5. Candidates
for deputies shall be nominated as election list of candidates for deputies
from a party (bloc) in a form approved by the Central Election Commission. All
candidates for deputies nominated by a party (bloc) shall be put in the unified
election list of a party (bloc). Positions of candidates in the list shall be
determined at a congress (meeting, conference). An individual may be put in an
election list of only one party (one bloc).

6. Form of
the election list of candidates for deputies from a party (bloc) shall be
approved by the Central Election Commission no later than 130 days before
Election Day.

7. A
protocol of a congress (meeting, conference) of a party, inter-party congress
(meetings, conferences) of parties constituting a bloc, should indicate as
follows: date of an event, agenda, information on individuals nominated for
deputies (full name, date, month and year of birth, citizenship, party
affiliation, information on education, position (occupation), place of residence),
results of voting on an election list of candidates for deputies. Protocol
shall be signed by the headperson of a congress (meeting, conference), and an
election list of candidates for deputies shall be signed by a head of party
(heads of parties constituting an election bloc). The said documents shall be
sealed with a seal of party (parties constituting a bloc).

8. A head
of party (heads of parties constituting an election bloc) shall inform the
Central Election Commission in written on time and place of a congress
(meeting, conference) of a party, inter-party congress (meetings, conferences)
of parties constituting a bloc devoted to nomination of candidates for deputies
no later than 5 days before a congress (meeting, conference). Member of the Central
Election Commission may be present at such congress (meeting, conference) by
order of the head of the Central Election Commission.

9. Mass
media shall be informed on time and place of a congress (meeting, conference)
devoted to nomination of candidates for deputies no later than three days prior
to the date of a congress (meeting, conference). Organizers of an event shall
establish procedure of accreditation of journalists for such congress (meeting,
conference).

Article 58. Conditions of Registration
of Candidates for Deputies

1. The
Central Election Commission shall register candidates for deputies included on
the election list of a party (bloc) on condition that the following documents
are provided:

1) an
application on registration of candidates for deputies signed by a head of
party (parties constituting a bloc) and sealed with a seal of a party (seals of
parties constituting a bloc);

2) a copy
of a registration certificate of a party (parties constituting a bloc) and its
statute (statutes of parties constituting a bloc), being certified by the
Ministry of Justice of Ukraine free of charge after announcement on the
election process beginning;

3) decisions
of a congresses (meetings, conferences) of parties on creation of an election bloc
and extracts from protocol of congresses (meetings, conferences) on creation of
an election bloc, certified with signatures of heads of parties constituting a
bloc and sealed with seals of such parties (if candidates for deputies are
nominated by a bloc);

4) agreements
on establishment of an election bloc (if candidates for deputies are nominated
by a bloc);

5) extract
from the protocol of congresses (meetings, conferences) of a party (inter-party
congresses (meetings, conferences) of parties constituting a bloc) on
nomination of candidates for deputies from a party (bloc), which should contain
information as referred to by paragraph 7 of Article 57 of this Law, and should
be certified by a head of party (heads of parties constituting a bloc) and sealed
with a seal of a party (seals of parties constituting a bloc);

6) an
election list of candidates for deputies from a party (bloc) in a form approved
by the Central Election Commission;

7) applications
of individuals included on an election list of a party (bloc) on their consent
to run for a deputy on behalf of a party (bloc) with obligation to terminate
activity or abdicate any other representative mandate, conflicting with a
mandate of a people's deputy of Ukraine in accordance with the Constitution of
Ukraine and laws of Ukraine, in order to assume authorities of people's deputy
of Ukraine, and his/her consent for publication of biographic information for
campaigning, and obligation to transfer enterprises and corporate rights owned
by such person to another person under the procedure stipulated by the law in
case of being elected a people's deputy within a month following official
promulgation of voting results;

8) autobiographies
of individuals put in an election list of a party (bloc) up to 2,000 printed
charters, which should contain as follows: full name, date, month and year of
birth, citizenship, information on education, service record, office
(occupation), place of work, social work (including those performed at elected
positions), party affiliation, family composition, place of residence with
indication of period of residence in Ukraine, information on previous
convictions (if any);

9) election
program of a party (bloc) set forth in the state language, up to 7800 printed
charters;

10) act of
income and property owned of each candidate for a deputy in accordance with
Article 60 of this Law;

11) a
document on monetary deposit made in accordance with Article 59 of this Law;

12) photos of
individuals put in an election list of a party (bloc) dimensions and quantity
of which is established by the Central Election Commission no later than 120
days before Election Day.

2. Documents
submitted to the Central Election Commission after announcement on the election
process beginning under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 5 of Article 56
of this Law, shall not be repeatedly submitted.

3. The
Central Election Commission shall issue an act on acceptance of documents as
referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, to a representative of a party
(bloc) to the Central Election Commission. An act should enlist documents
received, date, month year, and time of their acceptance, position and name of
a receiving person.

Article 59. Monetary Deposit

1. Monetary
deposit shall total 2,000 minimum wages, to be transferred by a party (bloc) in
cashless form to the special account of the Central Election Commission.

2. If the
Central Election Commission passes decision on refusal in registration of
candidates for deputies, monetary deposit shall be transferred to an account of
a party (bloc) within 5 days after passing of the respective decision.

3. If a
decision on registration of all candidates for deputies, put in an election
list of a party (bloc) in accordance with the paragraph 4 of Article 62 and
paragraph 10 of Article 63 of this Law, is cancelled, monetary deposit shall be
transferred to the State Budget of Ukraine within five days after passing of
the respective decision.

5. Monetary
deposit, made by a party (bloc), which does not take part in deputy mandates
distribution, shall be transferred to the State Budget of Ukraine within eight
days after promulgation of voting results.

Article 60. Declaration of Income
and Property Owned by Candidates for Deputies

1. A
candidate for a deputy shall fill in his / her declaration on income and
property owned for the previous year.

2. The
Ministry of Finance of Ukraine shall approve a form of a declaration of income
and property to be filled in by candidates for deputies, no later than 130 days
before Election Day.

3. The
Central Election Commission may complain to the State Tax Administration for
verification of information indicated in a declaration of a candidate for a
deputy.

4. Errors
and inaccuracies revealed in a act shall be corrected, and shall not give
reasons for refusal in registration of a candidate for a deputy.

Article 61. Procedure of
Registration of Candidates for Deputies

1. Candidates
for deputies included in an election list of a party (bloc) shall be registered
by the Central Election Commission on condition that the documents as
stipulated by Article 58 of this Law are submitted.

2. Documents
for registration of candidates for deputies shall be submitted to the Central
Election Commission no later than 85 days before Election Day.

3. An
individual included in an election list of candidates for deputies by a party
(bloc), who failed to give his/her consent to run for a deputy’s office on
behalf of the party (bloc) on the day when an application of a party (bloc) for
registration of candidates for deputies is submitted, shall be deemed as
excluded form an election list of a party (bloc) on the date of application of
a party (bloc), as referred to in sub-paragraph 1 of paragraph 1 of Article 58
of this Law. An application of such person on his/her consent to run for the
deputy’s office, submitted thereafter, shall not be accepted.

4. An individual
put in an election list by a party (bloc), shall have the right to withdraw
his/her consent to run for a deputy’s office until the registration day. When
the Central Election Commission receives an application on withdrawal of
consent to run for a deputy’s office, such person shall be deemed excluded from
an election list of a party (bloc). The Central Election Commission shall
inform a representative of a party (bloc) on such application received in
written no later than on the day following acceptance of an application.
Repeated consent of an individual to run for a deputy’s office on behalf of a
party (bloc) shall not be accepted.

5. An
individual put in several election lists of parties (blocs) upon his/her
written consents to run for a deputy’s office on behalf of such parties shall
be excluded from all election lists he/she was included by the decision of the
Central Election Commission.

6. The
Central Election Commission shall pass a decision on registration of candidates
for deputies or on refusal in registration no later than on the 7th
day after the day when an application for registration of deputies and
accompanying necessary documents were received.

7. List and
positions of candidates for deputies in a election list as determined by a
party (bloc) may not be changed after their registration by the Central
Election Commission, except for exclusion of individual candidates from an
election list in cases stipulated by this Law.

8. If
candidates for deputies are registered, a representative of a party (bloc)
shall be given certificates of candidates for deputies, made in a form
established by the Central Election Commission, together with a copy of
decision on registration within three days after the respective decision is
passed. An election list of candidates for deputies of a party (bloc) shall be
published in the Holos Ukrainy and Uryadovyi Kuryer newspapers
together with a decision on registration within the same period.

9. If the
Central Election Commission reveals any signs of infringements of paragraph 1
of Article 37 of the Constitution of Ukraine in documents submitted by a party
(bloc), it should complain to the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on submitting
a petition to the Supreme Court of Ukraine on prohibition of activities of a
respective party. Registration of candidates for deputies of such party (bloc)
shall be postponed until a court decision takes legal effect.

Article 62. Refusal to Register
Candidate (Candidates) for Deputy

1. The
Central Election Commission shall refuse in registration of a candidate
(candidates) for deputies if:

1) laws of Ukraine
were violated during the establishment of an Election bloc and nomination of
candidates for deputies;

2) there
are no documents referred to in Article 58 of this Law or such documents have
not been duly executed;

3) candidate
for a deputy losses his/her citizenship of Ukraine;

4) person
nominated for a candidate for a deputy leaves Ukraine for permanent residence
or for being granted the political asylum;

5) person
nominated for a candidate for a deputy is declared as legally incapable person;

6) sentence
for an intended crime takes a legal effect against an individual nominated for
a candidate for a deputy;

7) The
Central Election Commission reveals circumstances preventing an individual
nominated for a candidate for a deputy from being elected a deputy in
accordance with Article 9 of this Law.

2. Decision
on refusal in registration of candidates for deputies shall contain exhaustive
reasons for refusal. A copy of decision shall be given to a representative of a
party (bloc) no later than on the next day after adoption thereof.

3. Refusal
in registration of candidates for deputies being put in an election list of a
party (bloc) because of undue execution of documents submitted by a party
(bloc), as stipulated by paragraph 1 of Article 58 of this Law, shall not
exclude repeated application for registration of candidates for deputies,
included in the a respective list of a party (bloc) by such party (bloc). Such
application with documents corrected in accordance with requirements of this
Law, should be submitted to the Central Election Commission no later than 75
days before Election Day. Final decision on registration of candidates for
deputies, put in an election list of a party (bloc), shall be passed by the
Central Election Commission no later than 71 day before Election Day.

4. If less
than minimum of required by the paragraph 1 Article 57 of this Law nominees
remain on the election list of a party (bloc) because of refusal of the Central
Election Commission in registration on candidates for deputies included in an
election list or because of subsequent cancellation of registration of such
candidates, the Central Election Commission shall pass a decision on refusal in
registration or cancellation of registration of all candidates for deputies,
included in such election list of party (bloc).

5. The
decision of the Central Election Commission on cancellation of the registration
of a candidate for deputy which has not been appealed shall take an effect
after the terms for such appellation expired.

Article 63. Changes in Composition
of Election Bloc of Parties

1. A party
constituting a bloc may quit a bloc no later than 35 days before Election Day.
Such decision shall be passed by a congress (meeting, conference) of a party in
accordance with its statute. A decision of party on quitting a bloc and extract
the from protocol of a congress (meeting, conference) on consideration of the
issue, signed by a party’s head, the headman of a congress (meeting,
conference) and sealed with a party’s seal, shall be submitted to the Central
Election Commission and a management body of a bloc within three days.

2. If a
party leaves a bloc, which includes more than two parties, it shall not affect
a bloc’s status as a subject of the election process irrespective of the number
of remaining parties. Name of a quitting party shall be excluded in ballot
papers and other election documents from the list of parties constituting a
bloc.

3. If a
party leaves a bloc, which includes two parties, a remaining party shall be
successor f a bloc — subject of the election process. At that, name of a
successor party shall be indicated instead of a bloc’s name in ballot papers
and other election documents.

4. If a
decision, as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Law, is passed no later than 90
days prior to Election Day, a party, which left a bloc, shall have a right to
nominate candidates for deputies under the procedure and in terms stipulated by
this Law.

5. If a
decision, as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Law, is passed later than 90
days prior to Election Day, a leaving party shall loss the status of a subject
of the election process.

6. Based on
the decision as stipulated by paragraph 1 of this Article, the Central Election
Commission shall pass a decision on exclusion of individuals – members of a
party, which has left a bloc, from an election list of bloc (a successor party
being) or on cancellation of registration of candidates for deputies – party
members.

7. Parties
constituting a bloc may pass a decision on election bloc dissolution no later
than 35 days prior to Election Day. Such decisions shall be passed by a
congress (meeting, conference) of each party constituting a bloc. A decision on
bloc dissolution and extracts from the protocol of congresses (meetings,
conferences) of each party on consideration of the issue, signed by heads of
parties, headmen of congresses (meetings, conferences) and certified with seals
of parties, shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission within three
days.

8. If
decisions stipulated by paragraph 7 of this Article are passed no later than 90
days before Election Day, then each party compositing a bloc shall have the
right to nominate candidates for deputies under the procedure and in terms
stipulated by this Law.

9. If
decisions stipulated by paragraph 7 of this Article are passed later than 90
days prior to Election Day, then parties constituting an election bloc shall
loss their status of the election process subjects.

10. If
decisions stipulated by paragraph 7 of this Article are passed before
registration of candidates for deputies, included in an election list of a
bloc, the Central Election Commission shall not consider an issue of their
registration. If the said decisions are passed after registration of candidates
for deputies, included in an election list of bloc, the Central Election
Commission shall cancel registration of candidates for deputies, included into
an election list of bloc, based on such decisions.

Article 64. Cancellation of
Registration of Candidate (Candidates) for Deputy

1. The
Central Election Commission shall pass a decision on cancellation of
registration of an individual candidate for a deputy, included in a election
list of a party (bloc), and excludes him/her from the list no later than three
days prior to Election Day, if:

1) candidate
for a deputy refuses to run in written after his/her registration;

2) party (bloc)
appeals for cancellation of decision on registration of a candidate for a
deputy in accordance with a decision passed on the basis of a party’s statute
(agreement on a bloc creation) no later than 15 days before Election Day;

3) any
reasons as stipulated by paragraph 6 of Article 63 of this Law occur;

4) candidate
for a deputy losses his/her citizenship of Ukraine;

5) candidate
leaves Ukraine for permanent residence or for being granted political asylum;

6) candidate
for deputy is declared as legally incapable person;

7) sentence
for an intended crime takes a legal effect against a candidate for a deputy;

8) candidate
was included in several voter lists of parties (blocs) upon his/her written
consents to nominate from such parties (blocs);

9) The
Central Election Commission reveals circumstances preventing an individual
nominated for a candidate for a deputy, from being elected a deputy in
accordance with Article 9 of this Law.

10) second
commitment of action by the candidate for which he/she was already warned in
accordance with paragraph 4 of this Article.

2. No later
than 10 days before Election Day, the Central Election Commission shall cancel
its decision on registration of all candidates for deputies include in an
election list of a party (bloc) if it reveals reasons as stipulated by
paragraph 4 of Article 62 of this Law after registration, or reasons stipulated
by paragraph 10 of Article 63 of this Law occur. After adoption of the said
decision, a respective party (bloc) shall loss its status of a subject of the
election process.

3. If a
decision referred to in paragraph 2 of this article is passed after ballot
papers have been printed out, the Central Election Commission shall pass a
decision on re-printing of ballot papers or making amendments to ballot papers
under the procedure stipulated by paragraphs 7, 8 of Article 79 of this Law.

4. The
Central Election Commission shall warn a party (bloc) or individual candidate which
shall be published in national mass media, if:

1) a court
establishes a fact of bribing voters or commission members by a candidate,
party (bloc), which nominate a candidate, authorized representative or another
official thereof, and by another person upon order of a party (bloc), which
nominated candidates, when considering an election-related dispute under the
procedure stipulated by the law;

2) a court
establishes a fact of providing voters or commission members with money or free
or beneficial goods, work, services, securities, credits, lotteries, other
tangible assets or goods (except goods which contain visual image of name,
symbolic, flag of the party (party which constitutes a bloc) in case the cost
of such goods does not exceed 3% of the minimal wage) or any other kind of
indirect bribe by an organization, founder, owner or member of a management
body of which is a candidate, a party, which nominated candidates (one of
parties constituting a bloc, which nominated candidates) or official of such
party.;

3) a court
establishes that a party (bloc) allocates funds for election campaign form
other sources, than its election fund, when considering an election-related
dispute under the procedure stipulated by the law;

4) a court
establishes that a candidate holding an office, including part-time position,
in executive authorities or bodies of local self-government, in public or
municipal companies, in institutions, agencies, entities or military units
established in accordance with the laws of Ukraine, has engaged or used his/her
subordinates, service transport, communication, equipment, premises, other
objects and resources at his/her place of work for campaigning (abuse of
official position), when considering an election-related dispute;

5) if a
party (bloc), candidate for deputy holds direct or indirect election campaign
in the course of election process in defiance of time limits stipulated by
Article 65 of this Law.

5. The
Central Election Commission shall consider an issue on cancellation a
candidate’s registration or warning him/her or his/her party (bloc) in presence
of a candidate or a representative of a party (bloc) in the Central Election
Commission. The said individuals shall be informed on time of consideration no
later than one day of the consideration. If such individuals are absent at the
hearings without any reliable reasons, and if an issue is considered less than
three days before Election Day, — by any reason, the Central Election
Commission shall consider the issue in absence of such individuals.

6. In case
of infringements referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article, or other
infringements which are subject to criminal or administrative liability in
accordance with the Law, the Central Election Commission shall inform the
respective law enforcement bodies for investigation thereof and response
thereto in accordance with the law.

7. The
Central Election Commission shall inform a party (bloc), a candidate for a
deputy on cancellation of registration of a candidate(s) or on warning no later
than on the next day after a decision has been made, and shall give a copy of
this decision to a representative of a party (bloc) or a candidate within the
same period. If the said decision is passed on the last day before Election
Day, then the copy of said decision shall be issued to individuals concerned
without delay.

8. If a
candidate for deputy died or was declared missing, the Central Election
Commission shall declare his/her as dropped out of the nomination and shall
cross him/her out of the respective election list.

Article 65. Terms of Conducting
Election Campaign

1. A party
(bloc) shall have the right to start its campaigning from the moment when the
Central Election Commission passes a decision on registration of candidates for
deputies included in an election list of a party (bloc).

2. Campaigning
shall end at 12.00 p.m. of the last Friday before Election Day.

3. Campaigning
on the eve and on Election Day shall be prohibited. At the same time, it is
prohibited to conduct mass actions (meetings, marches, demonstrations) on
behalf of a party (bloc) — subject of the election process, distribute
agitation materials and make public announcements on support of concerts,
performances, sport events, films, programs, and other public events by a party
(bloc) or individual candidates.

Article 66. Forms and Means of
Election Campaign

1. Campaigning
may be performed in any forms and by any means not conflicting with the
Constitutions of Ukraine and laws of Ukraine. Citizens of Ukraine shall have
the right to discuss political programs of parties (blocs), political,
business, and personal features of candidates for deputies freely and
thoroughly, to campaign in support or against parties (blocs), candidates for
deputies.

2. Campaign
may be held in the following forms:

1) meetings
of citizens, other meetings with voters;

2) protest
meetings, marches, demonstrations, pickets;

3) public
debates, discussions, round tables, press conferences on provisions of the
election programs and political activities of parties (blocs) — subjects of the
election process or candidates for deputies;

7) concerts,
performances, sport events, films and TV broadcasting or other public events,
organized with support of a party (bloc) — subject of the election process or a
candidate for a deputy as well as dissemination on such support;

8) public
appeals to vote in favor or against parties (blocs) — subjects of the election
process or public assessments of activities of such parties (blocs) or
candidates for deputies;

9) other
forms not conflicting with the Constitution of Ukraine and laws of Ukraine.

3. Political
advertisement is any kind of printed, oral, sound, and audio-visual types and
forms of ideological impact on people, not prohibited by the law, which ads are
designed for direct or indirect attracting attention to subjects of the
election process, forming positive or negative attitude to them with citizens
or directing political behavior of citizens and social groups in their
acceptance of subjects of the election process in the course of elections,
including information on events being held or supported with this purpose. A
time of broadcasting set for political advertisement on TV and radio shall not
exceed 20% of factual amount of broadcasting of any broadcasting company of any
form of ownership during astronomical day.

4. Financial
support by a party (bloc) – subject of the election process or by candidate for
deputies in conducting concerts plays, sports, and demonstration of films, TV
programs or other events could be done on the expenses of election fund of the
relevant party (bloc) only.

5. Official
announcements made in the course of elections on activities of candidates for
deputies, related with execution of official duties thereof, as stipulated by
the Constitution of Ukraine and laws of Ukraine, and being prepared under the
procedure stipulated by the Law of Ukraine On Procedure of Coverage of
Activities of Public Authorities and Bodies of Local Self-Government in Ukraine
by Mass Media shall not be regarded as political advertising. The said
official announcements should not contain comments having agitation nature, and
video and audio records, films, pictures covering activities of the said
individuals as candidates for deputies.

6. Election
campaign shall be held with utilization of allocations from the State Budget of
Ukraine for preparation to and conduct of the elections for purposes as
determined by this Law, and money of election funds of parties (blocs). It is
prohibited to use own funds of candidates for deputies or funds from other
sources for campaigning, including agitation on voters’ initiative.

7. Campaigning
at the expense of allocations from the State Budget of Ukraine for preparation
to and conduct of the elections, shall be performed in compliance with equal
opportunities principle (providing parties (blocs) — subjects of the election
process with equal space in printed mass media and equal broadcasting time on
radio and TV).

8. Executive
authorities and bodies of local self-government shall provide premises suitable
for public agitation events being organized by a district election commission.
At that, a district election commission should ensure equal opportunities for
all parties (blocs) — subjects of the election process. Payment for utilization
of premises rendered shall be made under the procedure stipulated by Article 54
of this Law.

9. A party
(bloc) — subject of the election process shall have the right to rent buildings
and premises of all forms of ownership for meetings, discussions, debates and
other mass agitation events on contractual basis and at the expense of a
party’s (bloc’s) election fund.

10. A party
(bloc) shall inform a respective district election commission on time and place
of mass agitation.

11. If a
building (premise) of any form of ownership was rented for holding a mass event
or campaigning of one party (bloc), an owner (user) of such building (premise)
may not refuse in its renting to another party (bloc) — subject of the election
process on the same terms and conditions. The said requirement does not concern
premises being owned or permanently used by parties (blocs) — subjects of the
election process.

Article 67. Informational Posters
and Election Campaign Materials

1. The
Central Election Commission shall ensure publication of informational posters of
parties (blocs) — subjects of the election process at the expense of funds
allocated from the State Budget of Ukraine for preparation to and conduct of
the elections of deputies no later than 35 days before Election Day. Such
posters shall contain election programs of parties (blocs), submitted at
registration of candidates for deputies, an election list of a party (bloc)
with indication of full name, year of birth, position (occupation), place of
work and residence, party affiliation of candidates put in the list, and photos
of the first five candidates for deputies. Form, size, and layout of
informational posters shall be determined by the Central Election Commission.

2. The
Central Election Commission shall agree text and layout of informational posters
with representatives of a party (bloc).

3. The
Central Election Commission shall ensure publication of the equal number of
informational posters of parties (blocs), at least five copies per each polling
station. The Central Election Commission shall deliver informational posters of
parties (blocs) to respective polling stations (at least five copies per each
polling station). Remaining copies shall be given to a representative of a
respective party (bloc).

4. The
informational posters shall be disseminated to relevant election commissions
and representatives of parties (blocs) no later than 20 days before Election day.

5. A party
(bloc) – the subject of the election process may produce election campaign
materials on its own expense and in a framework of its own election fund. A
party may produce printed materials of its campaign (election campaign of a
bloc the party is affiliated) using an equipment which belongs to the party.
The information contained in such materials shall be in accordance with
requirements of the Law.

6. A party
(bloc) – subject of the election process shall be obliged to submit one copy of
every single printed material of election campaign which is produced on its own
expense and in a framework of its own election fund and using its own equipment
to the Central Election Commission no later than five days from the day of
producing.

7. Printed
materials of the election campaign shall contain an information on an agency
which made printing or information that the printing is done using equipment of
the party, circulation, information about individuals responsible for
publication.

8. Local
executive authorities as well as local self-governmental bodies shall determine
places and prepare stands, bulletin boards in crowded places for putting there
election campaign materials no later than 100 days before Election day.

Article 68. General Rules of the
Use of Mass Media

1. Campaigning
with the use of all forms of mass media shall be performed in compliance with
equal opportunities principle and under the procedure stipulated by this Law.

2. Campaigning
in mass media, including political advertising, shall be performed in forms,
and in compliance with requirements stipulated by this Article and Articles 66,
69-71 of this law.

3. A party
(bloc) — subject of the election process shall have the right to use public and
municipal mass media at the expense and within limits of funds of the State
Budget of Ukraine allocated for preparation and conduct of the elections, on
terms stipulated by this Law.

4. Procedure
of granting airtime and printed sections at the expense and within limits of
allocations from the State Budget of Ukraine for preparation to and conduct of
the elections shall be determined by the Central Election Commission no later
than 100 days before Election Day.

5. An
election campaign in all forms of ownership of mass media at the expense of the
funds of a party (bloc) shall be provided with equal cost for airtime unit or
printed section.

6. Cost of
a printed section and airtime unit for election campaign at the expense of the
funds of a party (bloc) – subject of the election process shall be established
by the respective media outlet no later than 130 days before Election Day in
the scope not exceeding normal price of commercial ads (advertisement which has
a purpose to get a profit) for the first three quarters of the year preceding
the year of elections of national deputies. At that, media outlets may
calculate cost of a printed section and airtime unit separately for working
days and holidays (days off), and for different periods of airtime or different
printed sections, taking into account the scope of potential audience.

7. Mass
media outlets registered after the 1st of April of the year
preceding the year of elections of people's deputies, shall determine cost of a
printed section and airtime unit based on information for the whole period of
their activities in compliance with procedure prescribed in paragraph 6 of this
Article. Prices of such media outlets shall not exceed prices of the Holos
Ukrainy (for printed media), the National TV Broadcasting Company and the
National Radio Broadcasting Company (for TV and radio organizations),
respectively.

8. National
mass media shall officially send prices for a printed section and airtime unit,
determined in accordance with requirements of paragraph 6 of this Article, to
the Central Election Commission no later than 110 days before Election Day, and
regional as well as local mass media to district election commissions no later
than five days after creation thereof. Prices for a printed section and airtime
unit to be used for campaigning shall not be changed within the whole period of
campaign. A media outlet may not provide with discounts or set up extra charges
for printed sections of airtime for parties (blocs) — subjects of the election
process.

9. A mass
media outlet, which has provided airtime or printed section to one party (bloc)
— subject of the election process, may not refuse another party (bloc) —
subject of the election process in granting airtime or printed sections on the
same terms and conditions. Mass media outlet may refuse party (bloc) — subject
of the election process in granting airtime or printed sections in case if
provided materials are contradictory to the paragraph 5 of the Article 71 of
this Law.

10. Mass
media outlets in case of publishing results of survey related to the elections
of deputies should indicate organization, which performed survey, time of
survey, number of respondents, method of information gathering, precise
formulation of a question, statistical assessment of possible error.

11. Requirements
provided in paragraphs 5 – 9 of this Law, shall not cover mass media, owners
(founders) of which are parties — subjects of the election process (parties
constituting a bloc — subject of the election process).

12. Events of
the election campaign may be covered in all media outlets of all forms of
ownership as news coverage based on unbiased, objective report of specific information
of events, with no comments and assessments.

Article 69. The Procedure of
Electronic (Audiovisual) Mass Media Use

1. Television
and radio broadcasting organizations of all forms of ownership should publish
their prices for one minute (second) of airtime in printed media no later than
110 days before Election Day. Television organizations that broadcast on
national television channels shall publish such information in the Holos
Ukrainy and the Uryadovyi Kuryer newspapers: regional and local broadcasting
organizations — in respective regional and local printed mass media of state
and municipal ownership..

2. Airtime
for campaigning at the expense and within limits of funds of state budget of Ukraine,
allocated for preparation and conduct of elections, shall be provided by state
and municipal broadcasting organizations between 7.00 p.m. and 10.00 p.m.

3. Broadcasting
hours (broadcasting schedule) of television and radio broadcasting
organizations, which have licenses of the National Council of Ukraine on
Television and Radio Broadcasting on use of national broadcasting channels,
shall be changed (without alteration of the broadcasting volume) for the period
of distribution of programs of campaigning at the expense of allocations from
state budget of Ukraine for preparation and conduct of elections during
election period for the purpose to allow regional state (municipal) television
and radio broadcasting organizations to broadcast their programs in respective
regions.

4. Television
and radio broadcasting organizations shall provide each party (bloc) — a
subject of election process - with airtime for campaigning at the expense and
within limits of allocations from state budget of Ukraine for preparation and
conduct of elections, in the total volume not less than 60 minutes at a
national television channel and 60 minutes at a national radio channel; and
also 20 minutes at regional television channels and 20 minutes at regional
radio channels in each region of Ukraine. This time shall be given to a party
(bloc) at each of the mentioned channels in two equal parts of total allocated
airtime.

5. It is
prohibited to comment on the content of the election program, give any
information on the party (bloc), candidates, nominated by a party (bloc), within
20 minutes before and after television and radio broadcasting of television and
radio campaign program of a party (bloc).

6. Preliminary
schedule of broadcasting of television and radio campaign programs with
indication of dates and time of broadcasting (without indication of exact
program participants) shall be compiled by national and regional television and
radio broadcasting organizations of state and municipal form of ownership, with
which agreements on distribution of election campaigning materials of parties
(blocs) at the expense and within limits of allocations from state budget of
Ukraine for preparation and conduct of elections, during election period. This
schedule should be sent to the Central Election Commission or a district
election commission, respectively, no later than 57 days before Election Day.

7. Order of
granting radio and television broadcasting organizations air time to parties
(blocs) — subjects of the election process within the limits of a schedule as
stipulated by paragraph 6 of this Article, shall be determined by casting lots
by the Central Election Commission, one of district election commissions in
each of regions of Ukraine upon the decision of the Central Election
Commission, respectively, with participation of respective representatives of
parties (blocs) with the Central Election Commission or authorized persons by
parties (blocs).

8. Results
of casting lots that is conducted under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 7
of this Article and schedule of airtime distribution compiled basing on the
results of casting lots, with indication of campaigning materials television
and radio programs, exact dates and time of broadcasting at the expense of
allocations of state budget of Ukraine for preparation and conduct of
elections, shall be published in the Holos Ukrainy and Uryadovyi
Kuryer, respectively, in local printed mass media of state and municipal
form of ownership within three days after approval thereof by the Central
Election Commission or a respective district election commission.

9. The
Central Election Commission and respective district election commission shall
pay for airtime granted in accordance with budgets approved by them within the
limit of allocations from state budget of Ukraine for preparation and conduct
of elections, and upon respective agreements between the Central Election
Commission and the National Television Company of Ukraine, the National Radio
Company of Ukraine; and agreements between respective district election
commissions and regional television and radio broadcasting organizations of
state and municipal from of ownership.

10. Airtime
at the expense of a party’s (bloc’s) election fund shall be granted on the
basis of an agreement between an administrator of a current account of the a
party’s (bloc’s) election fund on behalf of the party (bloc) and television and
radio broadcasting organization of any form of ownership. It is prohibited to
grant such airtime without such agreement and funds being transferred to an
account of the television and radio broadcasting company.

11. Television
and radio broadcasting organizations should make audio and video records of all
programs containing election campaigning, and store them until the expiration
of the 30-day term after promulgation of elections results.

12. Television
and radio broadcasting organizations of all forms of ownership should provide
all information on allocation of airtime for election campaigning to parties
(blocs) upon written requests of the Central Election Commission, the National
Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting, and if required
—copies of the respective agreements, payment documents and programs recorded
on tape and other information carriers.

Article 70. Procedure of Usage of
Printed Media

1. A party
(bloc), a subject of the election process, shall have the right to publish its
election program in the volume of no more than seven thousand eight hundred
symbols, having unified layout for all parties (blocs) in the Holos Ukrainy
and Uryadovyi Kuryer newspapers, as well as in one of regional (local)
state or municipal printed media in each region of Ukraine at the expenses and
within limits of allocations from state budget of Ukraine for preparation and
conduct of elections. An agreement on publishing of abovementioned materials
with abovementioned mass media is signed by the Central Election Commission or
a district election commission in the respective region, respectively, under
the order stipulated by paragraph 7 of Article 69 of this Law.

2. Editorial
boards of the Holos Ukrainy and Uryadovyi Kuryer newspapers, as
well as editorial boards of regional printed media outlets of the state
ownership which are contracted with relevant district election commissions on
publications of manifestos of parties (blocs) – subjects of the election
process shall be obliged to forward to the relevant election commissions
concrete dates of publication of mentioned issues with programs indicating the
place of location those programs in every single issue (number of newspaper
page) no later than 55 days before Election Day.

3. Order of
election programs publication in media provided in paragraph 1 of this Article
at the expense and within limits of allocations from the State Budget of
Ukraine for preparation and conduct of the elections shall be determined by the
Central Election Commission and respective district election commissions by
drawing lots with participation of party (bloc) representatives in the Central
Election Commission or authorized representatives of parties (blocs) in a
respective election district no later than 53 days before Election Day.

4. Results
of drawing lots on order of publication of election programs of parties (blocs)
shall be published, respectively, in the Holos Ukrainy and Uryadovyi
Kuryer newspapers, in regional (local) public or municipal printed media
within three days after its approval by the Central Election Commission or the
respective district election commission.

5. A party
(bloc) — the subject of the election process shall have the right to publish
materials at the expense from their fund in printed mass media of any form of
ownership, issued in Ukraine, except for mass media as referred to in paragraph
19 of Article 71 of this Law, at the expense of its election fund.

6. Election
campaign materials as referred in paragraph 5 of this Article shall be
published based on an agreement made by an administrator of a current account
of a party’s (bloc’s) fund on behalf of a party (bloc) with an editorial board (publisher)
of a printed media outlet. It is prohibited to publish such materials without
such agreement and without funds transferred to an account of an editorial
board (publisher) of a printed media outlet. This restriction shall not apply
to mass media outlet, a founder (an owner) of which is a party — subject of the
election process (party constituting a bloc — subject of the election process).

7. Editorial
boards (publishers) of printed media of all forms of ownership should provide
the Central Election Commission with all information on the use of printed
sections for publication of election campaign materials of parties (blocs) upon
a written request of the Central Election Commission, and should send copies of
all respective agreements, payment documents, and respective publications to
it, if required.

Article 71. Restrictions on
Election Campaigning

1. Participation
in election campaigning shall be prohibited for:

1) foreign
nationals and stateless individuals, including campaigning through journalistic
activities or participation in concerts, performances, sport events, other
public events, conducted in favor or with support of a party (bloc) — subject
of the election process or a candidate for deputy;

2) executive
authorities and bodies of local self-government, law-enforcement authorities
and courts;

3) officers
and officials of bodies referred to in sub-paragraph 2 of this paragraph,
except for cases when a respective officer or official is a candidate for
deputy;

4) members
of election commissions when they hold offices at the respective election
commissions.

2. Election
campaign shall be restricted in military units (formations) and correctional
facilities. Individual candidates for deputies or authorized representatives of
parties (blocs) are prohibited from visiting military units (formations) and
correctional facilities. Meetings of such individuals with voters shall be
organized by respective district election commission together with commanders
of military units (formations) or heads of correctional facilities with
obligatory notification of all authorized representatives of parties (blocs) in
a respective territorial election district on such meeting no later than three
days before it.

3. It is
prohibited to use premises of the state authorities and bodies of local
self-government for election campaigning at the expenses of party (bloc)
election fund.

4. It is
prohibited to place campaign materials and political advertisement on the
buildings and at the premises of the state authorities and bodies of local
self-government.

5. Dissemination
in any form of materials containing calls on liquidation of Ukraine’s
independence, forced change of its constitutional regime, infringement of
sovereignty and territorial integrity of the state, disruption of its security,
illegal seizure of its state power, propaganda of war, violence and stirring up national,
inter-ethnic, racial, religious hatred, encroachment on human
rights and freedoms, health of the population shall be prohibited.

6. Mass
media, their officers and officials and creative staff members shall be
prohibited from campaigning in favor or against parties (blocs), their
candidates for deputies, favoring them in any form during the election process
in their materials and programs not covered by agreements, as entered into in
accordance with requirements of paragraph 10 of Article 69 and paragraph 6 of
Article 70 of this Law.

7. It is
prohibited to place political advertisement in one bloc together with
commercial or social advertisement.

8. It is
prohibited to place bearers of political advertisement, as well as to
disseminate political advertisement via radio broadcasting or other networks of
informing passengers in means of public transport, at metro stations, railway
stations, in ports, and airports.

9. It is
prohibited to distribute knowingly false information or cast aspersion on a
party (bloc), a subject of the election process or on a candidate for deputy.

10. If mass
media outlets infringe the requirements of paragraphs 5 and 9 of this Article,
licenses or publication (printing) of such mass media outlets shall be
suspended (until completion of the election process) in the procedure stipulated
by the law upon submission of the Central Election Commission or a respective
district election commission. In case of other infringements of this Law by
mass media outlets, licenses or publication (printing) shall be suspended based
on a court decision only.

11. National
Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting shall by its decision
suspend broadcasting on the territory of Ukraine including through
telecommunication operators, foreign television channels, which violate the
provision, which prohibit participation of foreign nationals, stateless
individuals in election campaigning through journalistic activity, or which
activity contain call on liquidation of Ukraine’s independence, forced change
of its constitutional regime, infringement of sovereignty and territorial
integrity of the state, disruption of its security, illegal seizure of its
state power, propaganda of war, violence and stirring
up national, inter-ethnic, racial, religious hatred, encroachment on
human rights and freedoms, health of the population.

12. A party
(bloc), a subject of the election process, a candidate for deputy shall have
the right to address to a mass media outlet, which has made public information
regarded as false by a party (bloc) or a candidate, and demand to make public
their reply. The mass media outlet, which has made public the respective
material, shall give to the party (bloc), the candidate for deputy, being a
subject of false information, a possibility to make public their reply no later
than three days after being addressed with demand for reply, but no later than
on the last day before Election Day, as follows: to give the same airtime on TV
or radio, respectively, or publish material in printed mass media, submitted by
party (bloc) or candidate, which shall be set up in the same type and placed
under the “Reply” header in the same section of a page utilizing space no less
than the space of the information being denied. The reply must contain
references to the respective publication in the printed media, TV program, radio
broadcast and to the facts being denied. The reply published on the last day
before Election Day must not contain direct calls for voting in favor or
against some party (bloc). The reply must be made public with no attachments,
comments and in full length at the expense of the mass media outlet. A reply on
the reply may not be made.

13. It is
prohibited to hold the campaign, accompanied with providing money or free or
beneficial providing of goods (except for the goods containing visual images of
the name, symbols, flag of the party (a party which is part of a bloc, or a
bloc), upon the condition that the value of such goods does not exceed three
percent of a minimum wage), services, work, securities, loans, and lotteries,
other material valuables to voters, entities, institutions, and organizations.
Such campaigning or providing voters, entities, institutions, and organizations
with free or beneficial goods, services, work, securities, loans, and
lotteries, other material valuables, accompanied with calls on or proposals to
vote or refrain from voting in favor of some party (bloc) or mentioning of the
name of a party (bloc) or name of a candidate shall be deemed indirect bribing
of voters, as referred to in sub-paragraph 2 of paragraph 4 of Article 64 of
this Law.

14. The
Central Election Commission shall ensure publication in nationwide mass media,
as specified in this paragraph, of explanations on prohibition of giving money
to or free or beneficial providing voters, entities, institutions,
organizations, as well as election commissions and its members with goods
(except for the goods containing visual images of the name, symbolic, flag of
the party (a party which is part of a bloc, or a bloc), upon the condition that
the value of such goods does not exceed three percent of minimum wage),
services, work, securities, loans, and lotteries, other material valuables
(indirect bribing). The text of explanation shall be approved by the Central
Election Commission and published in the Holos Ukrainy and Uryadovyi
Kuryer twice a week on the front page and shall be broadcasted by first
channels of the National TV Broadcasting Company of Ukraine and the National
Radio Broadcasting Company of Ukraine starting 60 days before Election Day at
the expense of funds of the State Budget of Ukraine allocated for preparation
and conduct of the elections.

15. Regional
(local) TV and radio broadcasting organization of the state and municipal form
of ownership shall not override programs of election campaign of parties
(blocs) being broadcasted by the national channels at the expense of
allocations from the State Budget of Ukraine for preparation and conduct of the
elections, with their own programs.

16. Special
authorized central executive authority on TV and radio broadcasting together
with respective TV and radio broadcasting organizations subordinate to it,
shall establish the procedure according to which the election program of one
party (bloc) shall not be broadcasted by the First National TV channel
simultaneously with broadcasting of the same program of another party (bloc) by
the First National Radio Channel, if airtime for both broadcasts is rendered at
the expense of allocations from the State Budget of Ukraine for preparation and
conduct of the elections.

17. It is
prohibited to include election campaigning materials of parties (blocs) into
informational TV and radio programs (news coverage). All election campaigning
materials must be separated from other materials and indicated as so.

18. It is
prohibited to interrupt broadcasts of election programs of parties (blocs) with
advertising of goods, services and other announcements.

19. It is
prohibited to hold campaign in foreign mass media, which operate within the territory
of Ukraine, and in mass media registered in Ukraine, if foreign interest
exceeds 50 %.

20. Mass
media of all forms of ownership operating within the territory of Ukraine,
shall not disseminate information on results of public surveys concerning
parties (blocs) — subjects of the election process within 15 days prior to
Election Day.

21. It is
prohibited to post printed propaganda materials, political ads, and information
on course of the election process on the objects of cultural heritage.

22. Candidates
for deputies, who hold offices, including those working on part-time basis, in
executive authorities and bodies of local self-government, in law-enforcement
authorities or courts, state or municipal enterprises, in institutions,
entities, organizations, military units (formations) should not engage for
campaigning or any work related to campaigning their subordinates at their
place of work or other individuals being in service or administrative
subordination to them (in working time), or use service transport,
communication, equipment, premises, other objects and resources at their place
of work, as well as use official or production meetings, staff meetings for
campaigning.

23. It is
prohibited to produce and distribute printed election propaganda materials
containing no information on a printing plant, circulation, information on
individuals responsible for issue.

24. When
election campaigning is terminated in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 65
of this Law, it shall be prohibited to hold agitation events, disseminate
election propaganda materials in mass media, demonstrate agitation films or
clips, distribute election leaflets, posters, other printed agitation materials
or printed editions, containing election agitation materials, to call on voting
in favor or against parties (blocs), subjects of the election process or make
assessments of activities of such parties (blocs) or candidates for deputies in
public. Election propaganda materials shall be removed starting from 24.00 of
the last Friday before Election Day by respective services of local executive
bodies and bodies of local self-government.

25. It is
prohibited to publish on Election Day results of surveys on voter’s will during
the voting until its termination. Procedures of such surveys should ensure
secrecy of voting of a voter being interviewed.

26. Individuals
guilty in impeding the exercise of the right to conduct election campaign, as
well as violation of the procedure of election campaigning, stipulated by the
law, shall be held liable in accordance with laws of Ukraine.

27. If the
Central Election Commission or a district election commission receives claim,
complaint or other notification on infringement of the requirements of this
Article, which bear signs of a crime or an administrative offence, the
respective election commission should immediately address to the respective
law-enforcement agencies for verification of the mentioned notice and
responding in accordance with laws of Ukraine.

1. A party
(bloc) that nominated candidates for deputies shall have the right to delegate
one representative to the Central Election Commission that has the right of
advisory vote and shall be authorized to represent interests of the party
(bloc) in the Central Election Commission during the election process. The
candidacy of the representative shall be approved by the central executive body
of the party (executive body of the bloc).

2. A
representative of a party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission shall be a
citizen of Ukraine that has the right to vote. The following persons may not be
representatives of a party (bloc): member of an election commission; an
official of executive bodies or courts, law-enforcement bodies or bodies of
local self-government; a military serviceman; persons that serve alternative
(non-military) service.

3. Application
for registration of the representative of the party (bloc) at the Central
Election Commission shall be signed by the head of the party (heads of parties
constituting the bloc) and sealed with the party stamp (stamps of the parties
constituting the bloc), and a copy of the decision of the central executive
body of the party (executive body of the bloc) on approval of the candidacy of
representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission shall be
submitted to the Central Election Commission together with the application for
registration of candidates for deputies from the party (bloc). The application
for registration of the representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election
Commission shall contain the following: surname, name and patronymic of the
representative of the party (bloc), his/her citizenship, day, month and year of
birth, place of work, position (occupation), place of residence, and telephone
number. A written consent of such an individual to represent interests of the
party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission shall be attached to the
application.

4. No later
than on the third working day after the receiving of the documents indicated in
paragraph 3 of this Article the Central Election Commission shall register the
representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission that
shall have the right of advisory vote and issue him/her a certificate. In the
event the party (bloc) loses the status of a subject of the election process,
authority of the representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election
Commission shall be deemed terminated at the moment of this event.

5. A party
(bloc) that is a subject of the election process may have no more than five
authorized representatives in the all-national constituency and no more than
two authorized individuals in each election district. The authorized
representative of the party (bloc) shall represent the respective party (bloc)
that is a subject of the election process and shall not be an independent
subject of the election process. The authorized representative of the party
(bloc) shall meet requirements stipulated by paragraph 2 of this Article. A
list of authorized representatives of the party (bloc) with mandatory
indication of the respective election district shall be approved by the central
executive body of the party (executive body of the bloc).

6. Authority
of the authorized representatives of the party (bloc) in the all-national constituency
shall also extend over the foreign election district.

7. An
application for registration of an authorized representatives of a party (bloc)
signed by the head of the party (heads of parties constituting the bloc) and
sealed with the party stamp (stamps of parties constituting the bloc), and a
copy of the decision of the central executive body of the party (executive body
of the bloc) on approval of the list of authorized representatives of the party
(bloc) shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission anytime after
registration of candidates for deputies included in the election list of the
party (bloc). The application for registration of the authorized
representatives of the party (bloc) shall contain the following: surname, name
and patronymic of each authorized representative, respective election district,
citizenship of the authorized representative of the party (bloc), day, month
and year of birth, place of work, position (occupation), place of residence,
and telephone number. Written consents of such individuals to represent
interests of the party (bloc) in the respective election district shall be
attached to the application.

8. No later
than on the third working day after the receipt of the documents indicated in
paragraph 7 of this Article the Central Election Commission shall register the
authorized representatives of the party (bloc) and issue their certificates in
the form stipulated by the Central Election Commission, to the representative
of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission. In the event the party
(bloc) loses the status of a subject of the election process, authority of
authorized representatives of the party (bloc) shall be deemed terminated at
the moment of this event.

9. The
representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission and
authorized representative of the party (bloc) upon agreement with the owner of
an enterprise, institution, and organization or a body authorized by the owner
shall have the right to be released from work or service duties without
preservation of their salaries since their registration by the Central Election
Commission and till termination of their authority or completion of the
election process.

10. Representative
of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission and authorized
representative of the party (bloc) any time before Election Day may apply to
the Central Election Commission with petition to resign from his/her position.

11. Anytime
before Election Day an executive body of the party (bloc) that passed a
decision on approval of the candidacy of the representative of the party (bloc)
in the Central Election Commission or an authorized representative of the party
(bloc) may pass a decision to recall the representative of the party (bloc) in
the Central Election Commission or an authorized representative of the party
(bloc) and to approve another candidacy. The respective application along with
a copy of the decision and other documents shall be submitted to the Central
Election Commission under the procedure stipulated by paragraphs 3 and 7 of
this Article.

12. No later
than on the third working day after the receipt of this application but no
later than on Election Day, and immediately in the event of receiving of the
application on Election Day, based on the application submitted in accordance
with paragraphs 10 or 11 of this Article, the Central Election Commission shall
pass a decision on cancellation of registration of the representative of the
party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission or the authorized
representative of the party (bloc) and on registration of another individual as
a representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission or an
authorized representative of the party (bloc). A copy of the decision shall be
immediately transferred to the representative of the party (bloc) in the
Central Election Commission or sent to the address of the executive body of the
party (bloc).

13. Certificate
of a representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission or
an authorized representative of the party (bloc) whose authority has been
terminated before completion of the election process shall be nullified and
immediately returned to the Central Election Commission.

14. A
representative of a party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission shall have
the right to:

1) be
present at all meetings of the Central Election Commission during discussions
of issues related to the elections of deputies, and take part in consideration
thereof with the right of advisory vote: receive the agenda and materials on
issues on the agenda before the meeting commence, ask questions to a speaker,
make suggestions as to decisions of the Central Election Commission;

2) review
content of the protocols of meetings of the Central Election Commission and its
decisions, receive copies of such decisions; in the event of his/her absence at
a meeting, review the documents based on which decisions were passed at the
meeting;

3) immediately
review protocols, telegrams, faxes and other official notices delivered to the
Central Election Commission from district election commissions and foreign
polling station commissions on results of the voting in the respective election
district, as well as protocols of respective polling station commissions on
counting of votes at the polling station, and receive copies of these
documents;

4) exercise
other rights of a representative of a party (bloc) in the Central Election
Commission. as stipulated by this Law.

15. An
authorized representative of a party (bloc):

1) shall
assist a party (bloc) in its participation in the election process, including
in election campaigning;

2) shall
represent interests of the party (bloc) in relations with election commissions
(except for the Central Election Commission), executive bodies, courts, local
self-government bodies, voters, other subjects of the election process on the
territory of a respective election district;

3) may
participate in the meetings of election commissions within the respective
election district (except for the Central Election Commission) with the right
of advisory vote;

4) shall
have the right to be present at a polling station during voting and at the
meeting of a polling station commission during counting of votes subject to
restrictions stipulated in paragraph 3 of Article 34 of this Law;

5) shall
have the rights of an official observer from a party (bloc) stipulated by
paragraph 7 of Article 75 of this Law;

6) shall
have other rights of an authorized representative of a party (bloc) foreseen by
this Law.

16. An
authorized representative of a party (bloc) shall be a subject to restrictions
stipulated by paragraph 8 of Article 75 of this Law.

Article 73. Guaranties of
Activities of Candidates for Deputies

1. Candidates
for deputies, except for a candidate for a deputy who is President of Ukraine
or a national deputy of Ukraine, may not be refused in release from execution
of their work or service obligations at the place of their work with provision
of an unpaid leave for the period of election campaigning.

2. Candidates
for deputies may not be dismissed from job upon initiative of an owner of an
enterprise, institution, organization or a body authorized by the owner,
commander of a military unit (formation) during the election process.
Candidates for deputies may not be transferred to another job, sent on business
travel, and conscripted to the military or alternative (non-military) service,
and training (inspection) and special military exercises of military
conscription without his or her consent.

3. A
candidate for a deputy shall have the rights of an authorized representative,
stipulated by sub-paragraphs 1, 4, 5 of the paragraph 15 of Article 72 of this
Law, in the all-national constituency.

Article 74. Official Observers

1. Official
observers from parties (blocs) that are subjects of the election process may
take part in the election process. An official observer of a party (bloc) shall
be an independent subject of the election process.

2. Official
observers from non-governmental organizations shall observe the election
process under the procedure stipulated by this Law.

3. Official
observers from foreign states and international organizations may observe the
election process.

4. Authority
of official observers shall start on the day of their registration by a
respective election commission under the procedure stipulated by this Law and
shall terminate after the Central Election Commission establishes results of
the elections of deputies.

5. An
election commission which registered an official observer may early terminate
his or her authority if he or she violates the laws of Ukraine. A motivated
decision shall be passed about the early termination of authority of an
official observer.

Article 75. Official Observers
from Parties (Blocs)

1. A
citizen of Ukraine who has the right of vote may be an official observer of a
party (bloc) that is a subject of the election process. The following
individuals may not be representatives of a party (bloc): member of an election
commission; an official of executive bodies or courts, law-enforcement bodies
or bodies of local self-government; a military serviceman; an individual that
serve the alternative (non-military) service.

2. An
official observer from a party (bloc) in a territorial election district shall
be registered by a district election commission at the application of the
authorized representative of the party (bloc) in the respective election
district or all-national constituency.

3. The
application for registration of official observers shall contain their last
name, first name and patronymic, citizenship, date of birth, place of residence
and address of residence, place of work and position, and telephone contact
numbers. A written consent of such individuals to be official observers from
the respective party (bloc) shall be attached to the application.

4. The
application for registration of official observers of a party (bloc) signed by
the authorized representative of the party (bloc) shall be submitted to the
respective district election commission no later than five days before Election
Day. Only violation of paragraphs 1 through 3 of this Article may be a ground
for rejection of registration of official observers from a party (bloc).

5. A
respective district election commission shall carry out registration of
official observers and provides official observers from parties (blocs) with
certificates in line with the form established by the Central Election
Commission no later than on the next day after submission of the application.

6. Registration of official observers from parties (blocs) in the
foreign election district shall be done by the Central Election Commission
under the procedure stipulated by this Article.

7. An official
observer from a party (bloc) shall have the right to:

1) stay at
polling stations during voting, observe acts of commission members from any
distance, including during ballot papers issuance to voters and tabulation of
votes, without physically impeding on commission members’ activities;

2) take photos
and film, take video and audio records without violation of the secrecy of
voting;

3) be
present during issuance of ballot papers to polling station commission members,
including issuance for organization and conduct of mobile voting;

4) be
present, in line with requirements of this Law, at meetings of polling station
commissions and district election commissions while taking into account
provisions stipulated by paragraph 3 of Article 34 of this Law, including
during the vote counting at a polling station, and of voting tabulation in a
territorial election district;

5) complain
to the respective election commission or to court demanding to eliminate
infringements upon this Law in the event of their discovery;

6) draw up
acts on discovery of infringements of this Law to be signed by the observer and
at least two voters who certify the fact of infringement with indication of
their last names, first names and patronymics, places of residence and
addresses, and submit this act with a respective complaint to an election
commission or to court within the time period stipulated by Article 106 of this
Law;

7) take
necessary measures to stop illegal acts during voting and vote tabulation at a
polling station;

8) receive
copies of protocols about transfer of ballot papers, about vote tabulation and
determination of voting results and other documents in cases stipulated by this
Law;

9) carry
out other rights stipulated by this Law to official observers from parties
(blocs).

8. An
official observer from a party (bloc) shall not have the right to:

1) interfere
in work of an election commission without valid grounds, perform acts impeding
the legal flow of the election process or illegally prevent commission members
from execution of their authority;

2) fill in
a ballot paper instead of a voter (including at the request of the voter);

3) be
present during filling in a ballot paper by a voter in a booth (room) for
secret voting or violate the secret of voting in any other way.

9. If an
official observer of a party (bloc) infringes upon requirements of paragraph 8
of this Article, an election commission may reprimand him or her. In the event
of the repeat or gross violation of the requirements of paragraph 8 of this
Article, the election commission may deprive him or her of the right to be
present at its meeting. Such a decision may be appealed against by an official
observer of a party (bloc) with a superior election commission or court under
the procedure stipulated by this Law.

10. An
authorized representative of a party (bloc) shall have the right to recall an
official observer of a party (bloc) by filing a written petition to a
respective district election commission (and concerning an official observer in
an foreign election district – to the Central Election Commission) requesting
termination of his or her authority, and submitting documents for registration
of another individual as an official observer under the procedure stipulated by
this Article.

11. An
official observer shall have the right to address to a district election
commission (and an official observer in a foreign election district – the
Central Election Commission) at any time with a petition on laying down his or
her authority. Based on this petition, an election commission shall pass a
decision on cancellation of registration of the official observer, and a copy
of this decision shall be given to the authorized representative of a party
(bloc) in the respective election district.

Article 76. Official Observers
from Non-Governmental Organizations

1. Non-governmental
organizations, which statutory activities include the election process and
observation thereof and are registered under the established procedure at least
two years before Election Day, shall have the right to have official observers
observing the election process, including the voting, vote calculation and
voting tabulation at any polling station and in any territorial election
district upon permission of the Central Election Commission.

2. Non-governmental
organization that meets the requirements stipulated by paragraph 1 of this
Article may apply to the Central Election Commission with request to have
official observers during the elections of deputies no later than 90 days prior
to Election Day. This application signed by the head of the public organization
and sealed with its seal shall have as an attachment a notarized copy of the
public organization’s statute as well as a copy of the certificate of state
registration of the public organization certified by the issuing body or duly
notarized.

3. The
Central Election Commission shall pass a decision about granting permission to
a public organization to have official observers or about rejection to grant
such a permission no later than on the tenth day of the receipt of the
application and informs about this the public organization on the next day
after passage of the respective decision. The only grounds for refusal may be
violation by a non-governmental organization of requirements stipulated by
paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article. A copy of the decision on granting
permission to a non-governmental organization to have official observers or on
rejection to grant such permission shall be given to the authorized
representative of the public organization no later than on the next day after
passage of the respective decision. A non-governmental organization shall have
the right to appeal in a court the decision on rejection to grant it the
permission to have official observers.

4. The
Central Election Commission shall promulgate the list of non-governmental
organizations that are permitted to have official observers at the elections of
deputies in the Holos Ukrainy and Uryadovyi Kuryer newspapers no
later than 70 days before the elections of deputies.

5. Official
observers of non-governmental organizations shall be subject to restrictions
stipulated by paragraph 1 of Article 75 of this Law.

6. An
official observer of a non-governmental organization shall be registered by a
district election commission (by the Central Election Commission to observe
elections in a foreign election district) upon an application of a
non-governmental organization that is permitted to have official observers at
the elections signed by the head of the organization and sealed with the
organization’s seal.

7. An
application for registration of official observers from a non-governmental
organization should indicate their last names, first names, and patronymics,
citizenship, dates of birth, citizenship, place of residence and address, place
of work and position, and contact phone numbers. An application of such an
individual with consent to be an official observer on behalf of this
non-governmental organization shall be attached to the application.

8. Applications
for registration of an observer from a non-governmental organization stipulated
by paragraphs 6 and 7 of this Article shall be submitted to a respective
district election commission (in case of official observers in a foreign
election district – to the Central Election Commission) no later than 5 days
before Election Day.

9. A
respective district election commission (in case of official observers in an
election district abroad – the Central Election Commission) shall issue
certificates to official observers in a form stipulated by the Central Election
Commission no later than on the next day after the application is submitted.

10. No more
than three official observers from different non-governmental organizations may
be present at one time at a meeting of an election commission, at its final
meeting, or at a polling station during voting. In the event there are more
registered official observers from non-governmental organizations, a district
election commission recommends that representatives of non-governmental
organizations agree upon division of polling stations between non-governmental
organizations to observe.

11. An
official observer of non-governmental organizations shall have the right to:

1) stay at
polling stations during voting, observe actions of commission members at any
distance, including during issuance of ballot papers to voters and during vote
calculation, without physically impeding on commission members’ activities;

2) take
photos and film, take video and audio records without violation of the secrecy
of voting;

3) be
present during issuance of ballot papers to district election commission
members, including issuance of ballot papers for mobile voting, and during
conduct of such voting;

4) be
present at meetings of polling station commissions and district election
commissions of the respective territorial election district in accordance with
requirements stipulated by paragraph 10 of this a Article and paragraph 3 of
Article 34 of this Law, including during the vote counting at any polling
station, and during voting tabulation in a territorial election district;

5) receive
copies of protocols on transferring ballot papers, on vote calculation and
voting tabulation and of other documents in cases stipulated by this Law.

12. An
official observer of a non-governmental organization shall be obliged to adhere
to restrictions provided by paragraph 8 of Article 75 of this Law.

13. An
official observer of non-governmental organization shall not be the subject of
the election process and shall not have the rights of the subject of the
election process.

14. In case
of gross or repeated violation of requirements of paragraph 12 of this Article
by an official observer of a non-governmental organization, a polling station
commission may deprive him or her of the right to be present at its meeting.
Such a decision may be appealed by an official observer of a non-governmental
organization in a superior election commission or in a court under the
procedure stipulated by this Law.

15. A
non-governmental organization shall have the right to recall its official
observer filing a petition signed by its head and sealed with the seal of the
non-governmental organization to a respective district election commission (and
concerning an official observer in a foreign election district – to the Central
Election Commission) requesting termination of his or her authority, and
submitting documents for registration of another individual as an official observer
from the non-governmental organization under the procedure stipulated by this
Law.

16. An
official observer of a non-governmental organization shall have the right to
complain to a district election commission (and an official observer in a
foreign election district – to the Central Election Commission) at any time
with an application on laying down his or her authority. Based on this
application, an election commission shall pass a decision on cancellation of
registration of the official observer from the non-governmental organization,
and a copy of this decision shall be forwarded to the non-governmental
organization.

Article 77. Official Observers
from Foreign States and International Organizations

1.Official observers from foreign states and international organizations
shall be registered by the Central Election Commission. Submissions on
registration of official observers shall be made by the foreign states and
international organizations directly or through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Ukraine to the Central Election Commission no later than 10 days before
Election Day.

2.A decision on registration of the official observers from the foreign
states and international organizations shall be passed by the Central Election
Commission no later than 5 days before Election Day.

3.Citizens of Ukraine may not be registered as official observers from
foreign states or international organizations. Citizens of Ukraine or foreign
citizens or persons without citizenship that have command of the Ukrainian language
may accompany the registered official observers from foreign states and
international organizations on the territory of polling stations and during
meetings of election commissions exclusively in order to perform functions of
an interpreter.

4.The Central Election Commission shall issue certificates to the official
observers from foreign states and international organizations in a form
established by the Central Election Commission.

5.Official observers from foreign states and international organizations
shall execute their authority on the territory of Ukraine as well as in the
foreign election district.

6.Official observers from foreign states and international organizations
shall have the right to:

1) be
present at meetings of candidates for deputies and authorized representatives
of parties (blocs) with voters, at pre-election gatherings, meetings, and
meetings of election commissions;

2) get
familiarized with election campaign materials;

3) be
present at polling stations during voting, and at meetings of polling station
commissions during counting of votes and at meetings of district election
commissions during vote tabulation;

4) take
photos and film, take video and audio records without violation of the secrecy
of voting;

5) make
public suggestions regarding organization of elections of deputies and
improvement of the legislation of Ukraine taking into account international
experience, and hold press conferences in compliance with requirements of the
legislation of Ukraine;

6) establish
together with other observers from foreign states and international
organizations and upon agreement of the Central Election Commission, temporary
groups of official observers in order to coordinate their activities within
their authority stipulated by this Law.

7. Official
observers from foreign states and international institutions shall perform
observation independently and autonomously.

8. The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and other executive bodies, bodies of
local self-government and election commissions shall assist official observers
from foreign states and international organizations in execution of their
authority.

9. Financial
and logistic support of activities of the official observers from foreign
states and international organizations shall be rendered at the expense of
states and organizations that sent these observers to Ukraine, or at their own
expense.

10. Official
observers from foreign states and international organizations may not interfere
into work of an election commission, perform actions that break the legal flow
of the election process or illegally impede members of the election commission
to execute their authority; fill in a ballot paper instead of a voter
(including upon request of the voter) or in any other way violate the secret of
voting and to use his or her status in activities not related to observation of
the election process. This restriction shall be also extended over individuals
who according to paragraph 3 of this Article accompany official observers,
during the work with an official observer from a foreign state and/or
international organization.

Article 78. Ballot Paper

1. Voters
shall vote on elections of deputies using ballot papers on elections of people
deputies of Ukraine (further – ballot paper).

2. The form
and text of a ballot paper shall be approved by the Central Election Commission
no later than 32 days before Election Day. Ballot papers shall have equal
dimensions, color, and content. Protection level for a ballot paper shall be
established by the Central Election Commission.

3. The
ballot paper shall contain name and date of elections of people deputies, the
number of a territorial election district or an indication of a foreign
election district, number of the polling station, and designated fields for a
seal of a polling station commission, name, and initials of a polling station
commission member who will issue the ballot paper. The text of the ballot paper
shall be printed in the state language and shall consist of one page and its
text should be placed on one side only.

4. The
ballot paper shall indicate the full name of every party (bloc, with mandatory
indication of names of parties constituting the bloc), the surnames, first
names, patronymics of the first five candidates for deputy included in the
electoral list of the party (bloc). An empty square should be placed to the
left of every party’s (bloc’s) name. After the listing of parties (blocs), the following
should be inscribed: “I do not support candidates for people’s deputies of Ukraine
from any political party, election blocs of political parties”, and a blank box
should be printed to the left of such text. Names of parties (blocs) shall be
placed in a ballot paper in order of numbers assigned to them by lots drawn by
the Central Election Commission with participation of representatives of
parties (blocs) with the Central Election Commission after termination of
registration of candidates from parties (blocs) prior to approval of a form and
text of ballot paper.

5. A ballot
paper shall contain explanations as to the procedure for completion of the
ballot paper during voting.

6. A ballot
paper shall have a control slip separated by a line for separation. The control
slip shall contain the name and the date of the elections, number of a
territorial election district or an indication of the foreign election
district, the number of a polling station, and a designated place for the
number under which the voter has been put in the voter list in this polling
station, the signature of the voter, receiving the ballot paper, and for the
surname and signature of the member of the polling station commission, who will
issue the ballot paper.

7. A ballot
paper shall be a document of rigorous accountability. The Central Election
Commission, district, and polling station commissions shall ensure strict
registration of received and issued ballot papers in accordance with
requirements of this Law. Control documents for ballot papers shall be
transferred to the Central Election Commission by the producing enterprise,
district, and polling station commissions. The Central Election Commission
shall ensure transferring the control documents to relevant archives after
official announcement of the election results.

8. Ballot
papers for each polling station shall be printed in the number exceeding the
number of voters included into the voters’ list of the polling station by 2
percent.

9. Additional
number of ballot papers, totaling one percent of the number of voters in the
respective territorial election district, shall be printed out for polling
stations, designated for absentee voting in accordance with paragraph 19 of
Article 42 of this Law.

Article 79. The Procedure for
Production of Ballot Papers

1. The
Central Election Commission shall provide for the centralized production of
ballot papers by state-owned printing enterprise no later than 7 days before
Election Day on the basis of agreement concluded by it with such printing
enterprise.

2. The
enterprise producing ballot papers shall ensure strict compliance with ordered
number of ballot papers published, their accounting and transferring to
customer according to the procedure established by the Central Election
Commission.

3. Technical
waste, printing spoilage, as well as printing forms shall be destroyed
according to the procedure and within the time period stipulated by the
agreement for ballot papers production.

4. Control
of publication of ballot papers at the producer enterprise, compliance with
requirements as to destroying printing forms, technical waste, printing
spoilage shall be performed by a control commission established by the Central
Election Commission upon submission of parties (blocs), which have their
factions in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, no later than on the day of approval
of a ballot paper form.

5. Ballot
papers shall be received by the Central Election Commission in wrapping by the
producer enterprise according to a form established by the Central Election
Commission. Acts of transferring of ballot papers with indication of the number
of the ballot papers received shall be posted on the official web site of the
Central Election Commission no later than on the next day after signing of each
act. Consolidated information from the acts of transferring of ballot papers on
the number of the ballot papers produced for each territorial election district
shall be published under the same procedure no later than two days before
Election Day.

6. At the
special polling station established on a vessel navigating on Election Day
under the State Flag of Ukraine or at a polar station of Ukraine ballot papers
can be produced as an exception, upon permission of the Central Election
Commission by the polling station commission. Such permission may be granted no
later than three days before Election Day based on submission of the respective
district election commission, indicating the number of the polling station, created
on a vessel or a polar station, name of the vessel or polar station, and time
when the respective vessel departed from the last port within the territory of Ukraine.
After the permission is granted, the ballot papers produced for such polling
station based on order of the Central Election Commission shall be cancelled by
the Central Election Commission (if such ballot papers have not been
transferred to a district election commission) or by a district election
commission under the procedure stipulated by this Law, which should be
witnessed by the act completed in a form and under the procedure stipulated by
paragraph 8 of Article 35 of this law. This act should be taken into account by
the Central Election Commission when drawing up a protocol on results of the
elections or by the district election commission when drawing up a protocol on
voting results within the territorial election district.

7. In case
of cancellation of the decision on registration of all candidates for deputies
from a party (bloc) after the ballot papers have been published, but more than
ten days prior Election Day, the Central Election Commission shall make a
decision to produce new ballot papers. New ballot papers shall be published
under the procedure stipulated by this Law. New ballot papers shall be produced
on a paper of different color.

8. If a
decision on cancellation of the registration of all candidates for deputies
from the party (bloc) is taken 10 days prior to or less than ten days prior to
Election Day, the Central Election Commission shall pass a decision to make
changes to the ballot papers. Such changes to the ballot papers shall be made
by polling station commission members using the respective stamp under the
procedure stipulated by paragraphs 15 – 18 of Article 80 of this Law. It is
prohibited to make changes of the ballot paper without a decision of the
Central Election Commission. Each voter shall be informed on changes made in
the ballot paper when the ballot paper is issued to him/her.

9. The form
of a stamp, which is referred to in paragraph 8 of this Law, shall be approved
by the Central Election Commission no later than 35 days prior to Election Day.
District election commissions shall ensure production of such stamps no later
than 10 days prior to Election Day. The stamps shall be transferred to polling
station commissions together with the ballot papers.

10. A ballot
paper that was not changed accordingly as it is referred to in paragraph 8 of
this Article, shall be deemed invalid. The ballot paper, which was changed
without decision of the Central Election Commission or in defiance of the said
decision, shall be deemed invalid.

11. Individuals
guilty of illegal spoilage of ballot papers, shall reimburse the damage caused
under the procedure stipulated by law.

1. A
district election commission shall receive ballot papers from an authorized
member of the Central Election Commission or representative of the Secretariat
of the Central Election Commission, authorized by the decision of the Central
Election Commission, at its meeting no earlier than seven days before Election
Day. The district election commission shall execute in three copies the
protocol on acceptance of ballot papers. The protocol shall be executed under
the procedure stipulated by paragraph 8 of Article 35 of this Law, and shall be
signed by an authorized member or representative of the Secretariat of the
Central Election Commission authorized by the decision of the Central Election
Commission, who transfers the ballot papers. The first copy of the protocol
shall be delivered to the Central Election Commission, the second — kept at the
district election commission, the third one shall be immediately posted in the
premises of the district election commission for general familiarization.

2. A
district election commission shall ensure preservation and safekeeping of
ballot papers received from the Central Election Commission. The ballot papers
shall be kept at the premises of the district election commission in a safe box
(metal box or separate room), which is sealed with a tape with signatures of
everybody present at the commission’s meeting and a commission’s seal. The safe
(metal box or separate room) constantly (till the ballot papers are handed over
to polling station commissions) shall be guarded by an officer of internal
affaires bodies.

3. No
earlier than three days before Election Day, but no later than 20 hours before
Election Day, at its meeting, the district election commission shall hand over
the ballot papers to the polling station commissions of the respective election
district. No less than three members of each polling station commission shall
receive the ballot papers.

4. The
polling station commission shall receive all the ballot papers with a number of
the respective polling station.

5. Protocol
shall be drawn up regarding the handing over of ballot papers from the district
election commission to polling station commissions according to the form
stipulated by paragraph 8 of Article 35 of this Law. The protocol shall
indicate the following:

1) the number
of the territorial election district;

2) the
number of ballot papers received by the district election commission;

3) the number
of each polling station, commission members of which received the ballot
papers;

4) the
number of voters in the polling station in accordance with the voter list on
the day of drawing up the protocol (including voters, who were included in the
voter list based on absentee voting certificates);

5) the
number of ballot papers handed over to the polling station;

6) the
surnames and signatures of the members of the polling station commission who
received the ballot papers;

7) the
number of ballot papers cancelled by the district election commission, which
were assigned for special polling stations opened at a vessel navigating on
Election Day under the State Flag of Ukraine, at a polar station of Ukraine,
which were granted a permission to produce ballot papers in accordance with
paragraph 6 of Article 79 of this Law.

6. Protocol
of handing over of ballot papers to polling station commissions shall be
completed in the number of copies exceeding the number of members of the
district election commission by three. The copies of protocol shall be numbered
and shall have equal legal effect. The first copy of the protocol shall be sent
to the Central Election Commission; the second shall be kept by the district
election commission; and the third copy shall be immediately posted in the
premises of the district election commission for general familiarization. The
other copies shall be distributed among the members of the district election
commission - one copy fore each member.

7. An
excerpt from the protocol completed in a form established by the Central
Election Commission and indicating the information concerning the respective
polling station, shall be given to representatives of each polling station
commission, who received the ballot papers, together with the ballot papers; it
shall bear signatures of the head and secretary of the district election
commission and three members of the respective polling station commission and
shall be sealed with a seal of the district election commission.

8. Polling
station commissions of foreign polling stations shall receive ballot papers no
earlier than three days before Election Day through the Ministry of Foreign
Affaires under the procedure established by the Central Election Commission; if
required, as an exception, the ballot papers may be handed over six days before
Election Day. The Central Election Commission shall complete the protocol of
handing over the ballot papers to election commissions of foreign polling
stations, as referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article.

9. A
candidate for deputy, authorized representative of a party (bloc), an official
observer, who were present during handing over the ballot papers, upon his/her
request, shall have the right to immediately receive the copies of the protocols
as referred to in paragraphs 1 and 5 of this Article, signed on each page by
the head and secretary of the district election commission and sealed with the
seal of the commission, no more than one copy of the protocol for each party
(bloc) — subject of the election process. The copies of protocol, referred to
in paragraph 8 of this Law, shall be handed to the representatives of parties
(blocs) in the Central Election Commission.

10. Members
of a polling station commission of regular and special polling stations (except
for polling stations on vessels navigating under the State Flag of Ukraine, and
at a polar station of Ukraine) shall deliver received ballot papers to the
premises of the polling station commission accompanied by an officer of
internal affaires bodies.

11. A polling
station commission shall accept ballot papers at a meeting of the polling
station commission immediately after arrival of members of the polling station
commission, who received the ballot papers. The secretary of the commission
shall affix a seal of the polling station commission in designated fields of
each ballot paper. Another commission member, appointed by a decision of the
commission, shall count received ballot papers and verify whether the numbers
of the territorial election district and the number of the polling station
indicated on the ballot papers correspond to the actual number of the polling
station which received the ballot papers.

12. During
counting of the ballot papers the member of the commission designated by the
election commission shall count the ballot papers aloud. The rest of the
members of the commission observe the counting. During the counting it is
prohibited to divide the commission into several groups assigning to each of
them a part of the ballot papers to count.

13. In case
of discrepancies of the actual number of the ballot papers and the number
indicated in an excerpt from the protocol of handing over ballot papers
completed by the district election commission, the polling station commission
shall draw up in two copies an act on discrepancies indicating the established
by the decision of the polling station commission cause of discrepancy. The act
shall be completed in form and under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 8 of
Article 35 of this Law. One copy of the act shall be delivered to the district
election commission, and the second one shall be kept at the polling station
commission. If there are such discrepancies, the number of the ballot papers
received by the polling station commission shall be deemed to be equal to the
number of ballot papers, which was established at the meeting of the polling
station commission and registered in the act on discrepancies and in the
protocol of the meeting of the commission’s meeting.

14. Ballot
papers shall be kept in the premises of the polling station commission in a
safe (metal box) sealed at the same meeting with a tape with signatures of all
persons present at the meeting of the election commission and stamp of the
election commission, and shall be permanently (till the preparatory meeting of
the commission, foreseen by paragraph 3 of Article 82 of this Law, commences)
guarded by an officer of interior bodies of Ukraine.

15. If the
Central Election Commission passes a decision to make changes in a ballot paper
using a special stamp, as referred to in paragraph 8 of Article 79 of this Law,
no later than on the eve of Election Day the polling station commission shall
convoke its meeting under the procedure stipulated by paragraphs 16-19 of this
Article in order to execute the mentioned decision.

16. At the
beginning of the meeting, all persons present at the meeting shall exemine the
tape sealing a safe (metal box), where the ballot papers were kept. If a tape
is not damaged and has respective signatures and the seal, the safe box (metal
box) with ballot papers shall be opened. The head of the polling station
commission shall announce the number of ballot papers received by the polling
station commission based on the excerpt from the protocol of handing over the
ballot papers to the polling station commission completed by the district
election commission, or a act, which is referred to in paragraph 13 of this
Law.

17. In case
when the tape sealing the safe box (metal box) is damaged or the signatures or
seal are inconsistent, the head of the polling station commission shall
immediately inform interior bodies of Ukraine and the district election
commission thereof. After that, the head of the commission shall immediately
open the safe (metal box) and take out the ballot papers, which are kept there.
The members of the polling station commission shall check the ballot papers, in
particular, whether the numbers of the territorial election district and the
polling station correspond to each other, whether the stamp of the polling
station commission is in place; and then shall count the ballot papers. The
polling station commission shall complete an act on signs of the safe (metal
box) opening revealed and (if any) on inconsistencies in the number of the
ballot papers. The said act shall be drawn up in the form and under the
procedure stipulated by paragraph 8 of Article 35 of this Law. The number of
ballot papers revealed in the safe (metal box) shall also be registered in the
protocol of the meeting of the election commission. In such a case, the
established number shall be deemed the number of the ballot papers received by
the polling station commission.

18. When
activities, which are referred to in paragraphs 16 or 17 of this Article are
performed, the commission shall make changes in ballot paper. A member of the
commission designated by the decision of the commission shall affix a stamp, as
referred to in paragraph 8 of Article 79, on a ballot paper in the field beside
the name of the party (bloc), registration of candidates of which has been
cancelled. After that, the ballot papers shall be recounted, put in the safe
(metal box), where they shall be kept under the procedure stipulated by
paragraph 14 of this Article. In case of any discrepancies of the number of
ballot papers, counted after making changes, and the number of ballot papers
received by the polling station commission, at the same meeting the commission
shall draw up an act in a form and under the procedure as referred to in
paragraph 13 of this Article. The number of ballot papers, indicated in the
mentioned act, shall be also registered in the protocol of the meeting of the
commission and shall be deemed the number of the ballot papers received by the
polling station commission.

19. If any
changes are made in ballot papers without decision of the Central Election
Commission or in defiance of the mentioned decision, the polling station
commission at its meeting shall draw up the respective act in two copies in a
form and under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 8 of Article 35 of this
Law. The act should indicate the number of received ballot papers, the number
of spoiled ballot papers and surnames of individuals whose fault it is. One
copy of the act shall be immediately delivered to the district election
commission; the second one shall be kept at the commission. Information of the
mentioned act shall be taken into account by the polling station commission
while completing the protocol on counting the votes at the polling station.
Based on such act and application of the district election commission, the
Central Election Commission shall pass a decision on re-printing of the
respective number of the ballot papers. Spoiled ballot papers shall be
cancelled and packed under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 10 of Article
86 of this Law. The package shall bear the following inscription: “Spoiled
ballot papers”. Spoiled ballot papers shall be kept at the polling station
commission until Election Day and shall be transferred to the district election
commission together with other documents on voting under the procedure
stipulated by Article 91 of this Law.

Article 81. Premises for Voting

1. Voting
shall be conducted in specially allotted premises equipped with an sufficient
number of booths for secret voting and with designated places for issuing
ballot papers and installing ballot boxes. The polling station commission shall
check equipping premises for voting.

2. Executive
bodies of village, town and city (in cities, where there are no district in the
city councils), district in the city councils or bodies (officials) that
according to the law perform their duties, shall provide polling stations with
required premised for voting, which may be equipped in accordance with
requirements of this Law and norms established by the Central Election
Commission, shall render technical assistance in equipping.

3. Premises
for voting for a small-size polling station shall have the space no less than
50 sq. meters; for a medium-size polling station — no less than 75 sq. meters,
and for a large-size polling station — no less than 90 sq. meters. Upon
permission of the district election commission, the premises for voting at the
polling station may be of the smaller size but not smaller than 50% of
stipulated by this Law size, if there are no premises of the appropriate size
within a polling station.

4. Premises
for voting shall be equipped with sufficient number of booths for secret
voting. At least two booths shall be installed in a small-size polling station,
at least four — in a medium-size polling station, and at least six — in a
large-size polling station. Arrangement of the equipment in the premises for
voting shall be planned in such a way that places where ballot papers are issued,
entrance to booths for secret voting and exit from such booths, and ballot
boxes were within the field of vision of the members of the polling station
commission and of the persons, which according to this Law have the right to be
present in the premises for voting.

5. Members
of an election commission, candidates for deputies, authorized representatives
of parties (blocs), official observers and mass media representatives shall
have free access to premises for voting at the special polling station. Heads
of institutions, commanders of military units (formations), where such polling
stations are created, have to ensure free access to premises for voting for
members of election commissions, voters included in the list at the polling
station, candidates for deputies, authorized representatives of parties
(blocs), official observers and mass media representatives.

6. Each
polling station shall be provided with sufficient number of ballot boxes —
fixed (big) and mobile (small) ones. Ballot boxes shall have dimensions as
determined by the Central Election Commission and shall be produced of
transparent material. Each ballot box shall be given an individual number to be
indicated on the respective box. Small-size polling station shall have at least
two fixed ballot boxes, medium-size — at least three ballot boxes, and
large-size — at least four fixed ballot boxes. Each polling station shall have
at least two mobile ballot boxes. Fixed ballot boxes shall be installed in
premises for voting in a way allowing voters to pass through booths (rooms) for
secret voting when approaching such boxes. The procedure of ballot boxes
production, account, use, and storage shall be determined by the Central
Election Commission.

7. In the
premises for voting or directly in front of the premises, posters shall be
placed by the polling station commission explaining the voting procedures and
informing of the liability for breach of legislation on elections of deputies,
electoral lists of candidates for deputies from each party (bloc) and
informational posters of parties (blocs), to be arranged in a way the parties
(blocs) appear in ballot paper.

Article 82. Preparation to Voting

1. A
polling station commission of a regular polling station or a foreign polling
station shall inform voters included into voters’ list of such polling station
about the time and place of voting using personal invitations, which shall be
sent according to paragraph 2 of Article 43 of this Law.

2. A
polling station commission at its meeting the day before Election Day shall
assign duties of members of the polling station commission for a polling day
(except for the head and secretary of the commission ) as to the following:

1) identification
of a voter and finding his/her name in a voters’ list;

2) issuing
a ballot paper to the voter;

3) control
over voters passing into booths for secret voting;

4) control
over ballot boxes;

5) organization
of mobile voting;

6) control
over entrance and exit from the premises for voting.

3. A polling
station commission shall hold a preparatory meting on Election Day no earlier
than 45 minutes before voting commences. At the beginning of the meeting, all
persons present at the meeting shall check the tape sealing the safe (metal
box) where the ballot papers are kept.

4. The head
of the polling station commission shall present all ballot boxes available at
the polling station, for inspection of the members of the polling station
commission, candidates for deputies, authorized representatives of parties
(blocs), official observers, journalists present at the polling station one by
one, announcing the number of each ballot box. After each ballot box is
inspected, it shall be sealed or, if it is impossible, stamped with a stamp of
the polling station commission; after that, a control sheet shall be inserted
into every ballot box, indicating the number of the territorial election
district, the time of its insertion in the ballot box, and signatures of the
members of the polling station commission and, upon their will, of candidates
for deputies, authorized representatives of parties (blocs), official
observers. Signatures shall be certified with the stamp of the election
commission. After the control letter is inserted in the ballot box, the head of
the election commission shall present the next ballot box for inspection and
shall follow the same procedure. When the last ballot box is sealed and
stamped, a control sheet is inserted in it, and fixed (big) ballot boxes are
installed into places designed for them, the premises for voting shall be
deemed ready for voting. Mobile (small) ballot boxes shall be placed in the
premises for voting having holes for inserting the ballot papers facedown,
within the field of vision of the election commission members and other persons
present at the polling station in the course of voting in accordance with
requirements of this Law.

5. In the
event that any damage to the tape sealing the safe (metal box) where the ballot
papers were kept or inconsistencies of signatures or the seal is discovered, a
polling station commission shall follow the procedure stipulated by paragraph
17 of Article 80 of this Law.

6. After
inspection of the safe (metal box) and completing (if required) the acts,
referred to in paragraph 17 of Article 80 of this Law, the head of the polling
station commission shall announce, based on the act on cancellation of absentee
certificates as referred to in paragraph 13 of Article 42 of this Law, the
following;

1) the
number of absentee certificates received by the polling station commission;

2) the
number of voters who received absentee voting certificates;

3) the
number of cancelled absentee voting certificates.

7. The
secretary of the election commission shall indicate information, referred to in
paragraph 6 of this Article, in the protocol of the polling station commission
on counting votes at the polling station.

8. The head
of the polling station commission shall open the safe (metal box) with ballot
papers and shall announce the number of the ballot papers received by the
polling station commission based on the excerpt from the protocol of the
meeting of the district election commission on handing over the ballot papers
to the polling station commission, or the act as referred to in paragraphs 13,
17 or 18 of Article 80 of this Law. The secretary of the election commission
shall insert this number into the protocol of the polling station commission on
counting the votes at the polling station, and into the protocol of the meeting
of the commission.

9. The head
of the polling station commission shall hand over the required number of the
ballot papers to members of the polling station commission, who will issue the
ballot papers to voters in the premises for voting and organize voting outside
the premises for voting. Handing over the ballot papers shall be registered
according to form established by the Central Election Commission. The mentioned
members of the commission shall certify receiving of the ballot papers by
putting their signature on the respective form and shall ensure their
safekeeping and observing the stipulated by this Law procedure of the issuing
to voters. No single ballot paper may be left in the safe.

10. The head
of the polling station commission shall give pages of the voters’ list to the
members of the polling station commission authorized to work with the voters’
list on Election Day. Respective members of the commission shall ensure their
safekeeping and using according to the procedure stipulated by this Law.

11. Before the
voting commences, the polling station commission shall inform the district
election commission on:

1) the
number of voters included into the voters’ list at the polling station as of
moment the voting commences;

2) the
number of voters in the excerpt from the voters’ list for mobile voting;

3) the
number of voters included into the voters’ list based on absentee voting
certificates (for polling stations designated for voting based on absentee
voting certificates).

12. The
number of voters foreseen by subparagraph 3 of paragraph 11 of this Article
shall be announced and inserted by the secretary of the election commission
into the protocol on counting votes at the polling station.

13. The
district election commission shall deliver the mentioned information as to the
territorial election district to the Central Election Commission through the
automatic information and analytical system and by phone (teletype) no later
than at 10 a.m. of Election Day. The Central Election Commission shall
immediately display such information on its official web-site and publish them
in printed media outlets on the day following their receipt.

Article 83. Organization and
Procedure of Voting

1. Voting
shall be conducted on Election Day from 8.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. without break. At foreign polling stations, voting shall be conducted according to the
local time of a country where such polling stations are established.

2. A
polling station commission shall be responsible for organizing voting, maintaining
order in the premises for voting, assuring secrecy of declaring of voters’ will
during voting. In case of committing offences which cause legal liability, the
head or deputy head of the polling station commission shall have the right to
invite an officer of the Ministry of Interior into the premises for voting, who
should take an offender out of the premises for voting and take measures
stipulated by the law toward such a person; after that the officer should leave
the premises. Stay of the officer of interior bodies in the premises for voting
in other cases is prohibited.

3. During
voting at the polling station, two members of the polling station commission
shall give a voter an opportunity to cast his/her vote: one member of the
polling station commission shall hand over a voters’ list to voter for signing
if the voter presents one of the documents indicated respectively in paragraphs
4, 5 or 6 of Article 2 of this Law, and if the voter’s name is in the voters’
list at the respective polling station. The second member of the polling
station commission shall insert his/her name and initials and put his/her
signature to a designed field of a ballot paper and a control slip, shall
insert the number under which the voter is in the voters’ list into the control
slip. A voter shall sign for receiving the ballot paper in the voters’ list and
in the control slip of the ballot paper. After that, the member of the polling
station commission shall detach the control slip from the ballot paper and
issue the ballot paper to the voter for casting his/her vote. The control slip
shall be kept with the member of the commission, who issued the ballot paper.
It is prohibited to make any other notes on the ballot papers.

4. A voter
may stay in the premises for voting for a time required only for casting
his/her vote.

5. A voter
shall fill in the ballot paper by his/her own in a booth for secret voting.
Other individuals are prohibited to stay in the booth for secret voting when
the voter fills in the ballot paper. The voter who cannot fill in the ballot
paper on his/her own because of incapacity, upon giving notice of this to the
head or other member of the polling station commission may use assistance of
another voter, except for a member of an election commission, candidates for
deputies, authorized representatives of parties (blocs), official observers.

6. In order
to ensure voting of voters with visual impairments, the Central Election
Commission shall produce stencils for ballot papers printed in Braille, two stencils per
regular polling station. For special polling stations this stencils may be
produced upon the submission of the district election commission.

7. A voter
may not hand over his/her ballot paper to other individuals. It is prohibited
to receive the ballot paper from other individuals (except for authorized
member of the election commission who issues the ballot papers), encourage, or
force voters to pass the ballot paper to other individuals by bribing,
threatening or otherwise.

8. A voter
shall make a mark “plus” (“+’) or another mark indicating his/her will, in a
box in beside the name of a party (bloc), candidates for deputies of which
he/she supports. A voter may cast a vote in favor of candidates of only one
party (bloc) or support no candidate from any party (bloc). If he/she does not
support candidate for deputies form any party (bloc), a voter shall put a
“plus” (“+”) mark or any other mark indicating his/her will in a box in front
of words ”I do not support candidates for deputies of Ukraine from any
political party, election bloc of political parties”.

9. A voter
shall put the ballot paper into a ballot box on his/her own. A voter who cannot
put the ballot paper into a ballot box because of incapacity, upon giving
notice of this to the head or other member of the polling station commission
may authorize another person, except for a member of an election commission,
candidates for deputies, authorized representatives of parties (blocs),
official observers, to do so in his/her presence,

10. In the
event of any damage to a ballot box during voting, the head and at least three
members of the polling station commission representing different parties
(blocs) shall seal it in such a way as to make insertion and collection of the
ballot papers impossible. This ballot box shall be kept in the premises for
voting in the field of vision of the members of the election commission and
other persons present at the polling station during voting in accordance with
requirements of this Law, and shall not be used until the completion of voting.

11. In the
event that a voter made an error while filling in a ballot paper, such voter
may immediately apply in writing to the member of the member of the election
commission, who issued him/her with the ballot paper with the request to be
issued with another ballot paper. The member of the election commission shall
issue another ballot paper to such voter in accordance with the procedure
stipulated by paragraph 3 of this Article, but only in return for the spoilt
ballot paper; an authorized member of the polling station commission shall put
the appropriate sign beside the voter’s name in the voters’ list, and shall
certify with the signature. The spoilt ballot paper shall be immediately
cancelled as unused by the member of the commission and an appropriate report
shall be drawn up. The report shall be signed by two members of the polling
station commission, who have registered the issuing of the ballot paper to the
voter, and shall be attached to the voters’ list. During counting the votes the
spoiled and cancelled ballot paper shall be counted as unused and shall be
packed with the control slip in a package with unused ballot papers.

12. At 8 p.m., the head of the polling station commission shall announce the completion of the
voting; after this announcement, only those voters who are in the premises for
voting shall have the right to cast their votes. It is prohibited to continue
voting after the time limits stipulated by this Law. When the last voter leaves
the premises for voting, the premises shall be closed and only members of the
polling station commission and such persons that are entitled by this Law to
attend the meeting of the polling station commission shall stay there.

13. Immediately
after completion of voting, the polling station commission shall transfer to
the district election commission the preliminary information on:

1) the
number of voters included into the voters’ list at the polling station for the
moment of completion of voting;

2) the
number of voters who received the ballot papers at the polling station for the
moment of completion of voting;

3) the
number of voters who received the ballot papers at the place of their stay;

4) the
number of voters who received the ballot papers based on absentee voting
certificates (for polling stations, designated for the voting based on absentee
voting certificates).

14. At the
polling station created on a vessel navigating on Election Day under the State
Flag of Ukraine, at a polar station of Ukraine, a polling station commission
may declare voting completed before the time specified by paragraph 1 of
Article 83 of this Law, provided that all voters included into the voters’ list
have already took part in the voting. Counting of the votes at such polling
station shall be conducted under the procedure stipulated by this Law,
immediately after declaring the completion of the voting and transferring the
massage as referred to in paragraph 13 of this Article.

15. Polling
station commission of the foreign polling station immediately after the
completion of the voting shall transfer to the Central Election Commission
preliminary information as foreseen by subparagraphs 1, 2 and 4 of paragraph 13
of this Article, using technical communication devices.

Article 84. Procedure of Voting at
the Voter’s Place of Stay

1. A voter
who is included into the voter list at the polling station but due to elderly
age, disability or health condition cannot move on his/her own, shall be given
by the polling station commission an opportunity to vote at the place of stay.

2. In order
to organize voting for those voters, who cannot move on their own, at their
place of stay, on a day before Election Day the polling station commission at
its meeting shall draw up an excerpt from the voters’ list in a form,
established by the Central Election Commission.

3. The
following voters shall be included into an excerpt from the voter list:

1) without
decision of the commission — voters who are permanently incapable of moving on
their own and who are marked in the voter list as stipulated by paragraph 5 of
Article 41 of this Law, if such voters by 12 p.m. (noon) of the last Saturday
before the elections have not informed the respective polling station
commission in written form or personally on their will to vote at the premises
for voting;

2) based on
decision of the polling station commission — voters who are temporarily
incapable of moving on their own, based on their application and respective
document proving their physical state.

4. If the
voter is included into the excerpt of the voter list for voting at the place of
stay, in the voters’ list a secretary of the polling station commission shall
make a mark “Votes at the place of stay” in a field “signature of a voter”.

5. A voter
who are temporarily incapable of moving on his/her own shall submit through
other persons or sent by post a personally hand-written application requesting
to organize a voting at his/her place of stay and indicating the place of location
of the voter, attaching a document proving his/her inability to move on his/her
own. Such application should be submitted to the polling station commission no
later than at 8.00 p.m. of the last Friday before Election Day.

6. An
application, as referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article, can be deemed as an
obligation of the voter to ensure conditions for observing requirements as to
voting procedure stipulated by this Law.

7. A
document, as referred to by paragraph 5 of this Article, which proves the fact
of voter’s temporal inability to move on his/her own, may be, in particular, a
certificate of a medical-social expert commission, patient care institution or
social care institution. If required, a copy of the document, which proves the
fact of voter’s inability to move on his/her own, shall be certified by the
head, deputy head or secretary of the polling station commission and sealed
with its stamp under the procedure stipulated by law.

8. At the
special polling stations established in hospitals, mobile voting of a voter
shall be performed based on a personally written application of a voter with
request to provide him/her with possibility to vote at place of his/her stay
because of bed rest, certified by the head physician, whose signature shall be
evidenced with a seal of the institution.

9. A
voter’s application for mobile voting together with a respective document or
its copy shall be registered by a polling station commission in a separate
register, where date and time of its submission, surname, name and patronymic
of the voter and his/her address (place of location) shall be indicated.

10. At least
three members of the polling station commission designated by the decision of
the election commission, as referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 82 shall
organize mobile voting. Such members of the election commission should
represent different parties (blocs).

11. Mobile
voting shall be arranged in such a way that members of the polling station
commission, who organize mobile voting, come back to the premises for voting no
later than one hour before completion of the voting.

12. The head
of the polling station commission shall announce that members of the polling
station commission depart for organization of mobile voting. The head of the
polling station commission shall provide the designated members of the election
commission with an excerpt from the voter list, compiled according to paragraph
2 of this Article, and sealed and stamped mobile ballot box, and insert a
control sheet in it. The control sheet shall indicate the number of the ballot
box, time of departure (hour and minutes) of the members of the election
commission for organization of mobile voting, the number of the ballot papers
which they received, the surnames of the members of the polling station
commission who received the ballot papers. The control sheet shall be signed by
all the members of the election commission, candidates for deputies, authorized
representatives of parties (blocs), official observers, who are present there;
their signatures shall be sealed with a stamp of the election commission.

13. During mobile voting candidates for deputies,
authorized representatives of parties (blocs) and official observers have the
right to be present.

14. A voter
or members of his/her family may not prevent members of the commission who
conduct voting as well as official observers, candidates for deputies and
authorized representatives of parties (blocs) who have the right to be present
during the voting from being present. If the voter refuses to allow the
aforementioned persons into his/her premises, he/she shall not be entitled to
mobile vote.

15. During
organizing mobile voting, a member of the polling station commission based on
the excerpt from the voters’ list shall provide the voter with one ballot paper
after the voter has presented one of the documents mentioned in paragraph 4 of
Article 2 of this Law. The member of the polling station commission shall write
his /her surname, and sign at the designated places on the ballot paper and
control slip and insert the voter’s number in the voters’ list on the control
slip. The voter shall sign the control slip of the ballot paper and an excerpt
from the voter list, fill out the ballot paper in accordance with the procedure
set forth in paragraph 8 of Article 83 of the Law, and cast the ballot paper
into the ballot box.

16. In the
case when the voter who is included into the excerpt from the voter list for
mobile voting came to the polling station after the members of the polling
station commission have left for mobile voting, the mentioned voter may not
receive the ballot paper before the members of the commission return and the
issue whether the voter has already voted at home or not is clarified.

17. After
conducting mobile voting, a member of the polling station commission who issued
a ballot paper to the voter shall put down “mobile voting completed” beside the
voter’s name in the voters’ list, indicate his/her surname and sign .

18. An
excerpt from the voters’ list used for mobile voting shall be attached to the
voters’ list and shall be an integral part thereof. Voters’ written
applications together with documents that prove their inability to move on
their own, or copies of such documents shall also be attached to the voters’
list.

19. Provisions
of this Article shall not apply to voting at foreign polling stations.

Article 85. Final Meeting of
Polling station commission

1. Final
meeting of a polling station commission shall commence after the end of voting
at the polling station and sending of the information as referred to in
paragraph 13, Article 82 of this Law, and shall take place in the same premises
where the voting was conducted. The final meeting shall not be interrupted and
shall be finished after the protocol on counting of votes has been drawn up and
signed.

2. In the
event that other elections or a referendum is held simultaneously with the
elections of deputies of Ukraine, the counting of votes for the other elections
or the referendum is done after the protocol on counting of votes for the
elections of people's deputies of Ukraine has been drawn up and signed pursuant
to the established procedure during the same meeting of the polling station
commission. The packages with protocols and other election documentation
related to the elections of people's deputies of Ukraine shall be kept until
the meeting is over in the premises where voting is conducted within view of
the polling station commission members and individuals present during the
meeting of the commission. The packages with election documentation shall be
transported in the order stipulated by Article 91 of this Law to a district
election commission immediately after the corresponding protocols on all other
elections or referendum have been signed.

3. For the
period of final meeting, a polling station commission shall entrust the Deputy
Head of the polling station commission or another commission member with
keeping the protocol of the meeting. During this meeting, the polling station
commission Secretary shall enter the information on the results of counting of
votes to the protocol.

4. In the
event that during voting a polling station commission received requests or
complaints concerning violations that took place during the voting at that
polling station, the polling station commission shall consider them at the
beginning of the meeting before commencing counting of votes cast at the
polling station .

5. Counting
of votes cast at a polling station shall be done open and transparently exclusively
by members of the polling station commission. Counting of votes at a polling
station shall follow the procedure set forth in Articles 86-88 of this Law.

Article 86. Voter Lists Processing

1. Each
member of a polling station commission who is responsible for work with the
voter list shall count and put down on each page of the voter list the
following information on each page separately:

1)number
of voters on the list as of the moment of end of vote;

2)number
of voters who received ballot papers in premises for voting (with voters’
signatures on the voter list);

3)number
of voters who received ballot papers at their places of stay (with the mark
“voted at the place of stay” near their names);

2. After
the information foreseen in paragraph 1 of this Article has been put down, a
member of a polling station commission shall sign each page of the voter list,
sum up respective figures from all the pages of the voter list he/she receives
and transfer them together with the summarized information to the election
commission Head. The mentioned summarized information is recorded in the
register mentioned in paragraph 9 of Article 82 of this Law. The Head and the
Secretary of the polling station commission shall sum up the respective
figures, announce them, and put them down on the last page of the voter list.

3. The
voter list of a polling station situated abroad after the end of voting shall
be closed by means of crossing the empty lines on the list so that no more
names could be added to it. Then it is signed by the commission Head and
Secretary and stamped with a polling station stamp.

4. On the
basis of the voter list, a polling station commission shall establish the
number of voters at the polling station. This number shall be announced and
recorded by the Secretary in the protocol on counting of votes at a polling
station.

5. On the
basis of comparison of the voter list and the excerpt from the voter list, a
polling station commission shall establish the number of voters at a polling
station who were included into the excerpt from the voter list for voting at
the place of stay. This number shall be promulgated and entered by the
Secretary of the election commission to the protocol on counting of votes at a
polling station.

6. A
polling station commission shall count the number of voters who received ballot
papers in the premises for voting based on voters’ signatures in the voter
list. This number shall be promulgated and entered by the Secretary to the
protocol on counting of votes at a polling station as the number of voters who
received ballot papers in premises for voting.

7. A
polling station commission shall count the number of voters who received ballot
papers at their places of stay based on signatures on the excerpt from the
voter list and the notes “voted at the place of stay” near their names. This
number shall be promulgated and entered by the Secretary to the protocol on
counting of votes at a polling station as the number of voters who received
ballot papers at their places of stay.

8. A polling
station commission at a polling station where voting with absentee certificates
took place shall count the number of voters who received ballot papers upon
presenting their absentee certificates, according to the number of signatures
on the voter list for voting with absentee certificates. This number shall be
promulgated and entered by the Secretary to the protocol on counting of votes
at a polling station as the number of voters who received ballot papers upon
presenting their absentee certificates.

9. The
voter list appended with the excerpt from the voter list drawn up pursuant to
paragraph 2, Article 84 of this Law, voter applications together with the
copies of respective documents, on the basis of which the excerpt from the
voter list was compiled, voter list for voting with absentee certificates,
absentee certificates, on the basis of which the voters were included into the
list of voters of polling stations abroad according to paragraph 9 of Article
47 of this Law shall be packed in accordance with the procedure set forth in
paragraph 10 of this Article. The package shall bear the inscription “Voter
List”.

10. A polling
station commission shall pack the processed election documents in paper
packages. The package with election documents shall be glued, the package shall
bear an inscription that indicates the type of the packed documents, number of
a territorial election district or the mark of the foreign election district,
number of a polling station, date and time of packing. The package shall be
signed by all the present polling station commission members and sealed with a
polling station commission stamp.

Article 87. Processing Unused
Ballot Papers and Control slips

1. Members
of a polling station commission, except for a commission Head, Deputy Head or
another commission member who keeps the protocol of a commission meeting as
well as Commission Secretary who enters the information into the protocol on
counting of votes at a polling station are forbidden from using pens or any
other writing tools from the moment they commence their work with ballot
papers.

2. Polling
station commission members who received ballot papers pursuant to paragraph 9,
Article 82 of this Law shall in turn count aloud the unused ballot papers that
they still have.

3. The
total number of ballot papers given out to voters by the individual member of
the polling station commission (established on the basis of voters’ signatures
on the corresponding pages of the lists of voters pursuant to clause 2,
paragraph 1, Article 86 of this Law) and the number of unused ballot papers
that this commission member still has must equal the number of ballot papers
received by a commission member in accordance to the Register of Ballot Papers
mentioned under paragraph 9, Article 82 of this Law. In the event that these
numbers coincide, a commission member shall pass the counted unused ballot
papers to the head of a polling station commission. A commission head shall put
down the number of unused ballot papers returned by a commission member in the
Register of Ballot Papers.

4. In the
event that the numbers stipulated by paragraph 3 of this Article do not
coincide, a polling station commission shall draw up an act stating a possible
reason of such discrepancy, pursuant to the procedure set forth in paragraph 8,
Article 35 of this Law.

5. The head
of a polling station commission shall sum up the number of the unused ballot
papers and announce the result. The announced number shall be put down by the
secretary of a polling station commission in the protocol on counting of votes
at a polling station.

6. In case
of such need or upon the request from members of a polling station commission,
unused ballot papers can be re-counted. The ballot papers counting shall be
conducted in the order stipulated by paragraph 12 of Article 80 of this Law.

7. Unused
ballot papers shall be cancelled by means of cutting off the right bottom
corner of the ballot paper. The cancelled unused ballot papers together with
ballot papers mentioned under paragraph 11, Article 83 of this Law shall be
packed according to the procedure stipulated by paragraph 10, Article 86 of
this Law. The package shall bear an inscription reading “Unused Ballot Papers”.

8. Members
of the polling station commission who issued ballot papers to the voters shall
in turn count aloud the control slips of the issued ballot papers. A commission
member shall pass the counted control slips to the head of a polling station
commission. The head of a polling station commission shall put down the number
of control slips established by each commission member on the Register of
Ballot Papers.

9. A
commission head shall sum up the total number of control slips of the issued
ballot papers and state it aloud.

10. A polling
station commission shall check whether the general number of control slips of
the issued ballot papers mentioned under paragraph 9 of this Article equals the
sum of numbers mentioned under paragraphs 6 and 7 (for polling stations where
voting with absentee certificates was conducted – also under paragraph 8)
Article 86 of this Law.

11. In case
of such need or upon the request from members of a polling station commission,
control slips of the issued ballot papers can be re-counted. The control slips
counting shall be conducted in the order stipulated by paragraph 12 of Article
80 of this Law.

12. In the
event that the numbers mentioned in paragraph 10 of this Article coincide, a
commission head shall promulgate them as the number of voters who received
ballot papers at a polling station. A commission secretary shall enter them
into the protocol on counting of votes at the polling station.

13. In the
event that the numbers mentioned under paragraph 10 of this Article do not
coincide, a polling station commission shall draw up an act pursuant to the
procedure set forth in paragraph 8, Article 35 of this Law. After that, the
election commission shall pass a decision on establishing the number of voters
who received ballot papers. This number shall be promulgated and entered into
the protocol on counting of votes at a polling station.

14. Control
slips of the issued ballot papers shall be packed following the procedure set
forth in paragraph 10, Article 86 of this Law. The package shall bear an
inscription reading “Control slips”.

15. A polling
station commission shall check whether the number of ballot papers received by
a polling station commission equals the sum of the number of unused ballot
papers and the number of voters who received ballot papers. In the event that
these numbers do not coincide, a polling station commission shall draw up an
act pursuant to the procedure set forth in paragraph 8, Article 35 of this Law
stating the reason of such discrepancy established by a commission’s decision.

1. After
the actions foreseen in Article 87 of this Law are completed, a polling station
commission shall check the integrity of the seals or stamps on the ballot
boxes.

2. In the
event that the stamps or seals are found to be damaged or other damages are
found that break the integrity of the ballot box otherwise, a polling station
commission shall draw up an act pursuant to the procedure set forth in
paragraph 8, Article 35 of this Law stating the nature of the established
damage.

3. The
ballot boxes shall be opened by a polling station commission in turns. Ballot
boxes used for mobile voting shall be opened first; ballot boxes with damaged
seals or stamps or other damages established in the course of voting, if any,
shall be opened last.

4. When an
intact ballot box is opened, it shall be emptied on the table, at which polling
station commission members sit. Then the availability of the control paper in
the box shall be checked (for the mobile ballot boxes – control papers).

5. Ballot
papers from a damaged ballot box shall be taken out one by one without mixing.
A polling station commission shall count the number of ballot papers in this
box. The availability of the control paper, which must be taken out of the box
last, shall also be checked.

6. Ballot
papers in each ballot box shall be counted separately. Results are not
calculated separately for each ballot box. Counting of ballot papers is
conducted on the order stipulated by paragraph 12 of Article 80 of this Law.

7. All
objects other than ballot papers of the established form found in the ballot
boxes shall be collected separately and not counted. The control papers shall
also be considered as objects. In the event of doubt whether the object is a
ballot paper or not, a polling station commission shall vote to decide on that.
Every commission member shall have the right to examine the object personally
before voting. For the time of examination, the vote tabulation process shall
be postponed. The objects other than ballot papers shall be packed pursuant to
the procedure set forth in paragraph 10, Article 86 of this Law. The package
shall bear an inscription “Objects”.

8. In the
event when, after the mobile ballot box has been opened, the number of ballot
papers exceeds the number of ballot papers put down on the control paper in
this ballot box, a polling station commission shall draw up a respective Act
pursuant to the procedure set forth in paragraph 8, Article 35 of this Law
stating the number of ballot papers in the box and family names of commission
members who signed these ballot papers.

9. When
drawing up the act mentioned under paragraph 8 of this Article, a commission
shall check whether ballot papers taken out of the mobile ballot box have the
number of the respective territorial election district and polling station,
stamp of a polling station commission, family names, and signatures of
commission members who organized mobile voting. Ballot papers with lacking
indicators shall not be counted during the counting of voters who took part in
the voting and the counting of votes. In the event when after such ballot
papers have been removed, the discrepancy mentioned under paragraph 8 of this
Article is eliminated, proper ballot papers shall be counted for establishing
the total number of voters who took part in the voting and counting of votes at
a polling station. In the event that there are no undue ballot papers or their
removal does not eliminate the discrepancy mentioned under paragraph 8 of this
Article, all ballot papers taken out of that mobile ballot box shall not be
counted for establishing the total number of voters who took part in the voting
and counting of votes at a polling station.

10. In the
event that there is no control paper in the ballot box (for mobile ballot boxes
– control papers), a polling station commission shall draw up a respective Act
on the absence of control paper(s) in the ballot box pursuant to the procedure
set forth in paragraph 8, Article 35 of this Law stating the number of ballot
papers in the given box. The aforementioned ballot papers shall not be counted
for establishing the total number of voters who took part in the voting and
counting of votes at a polling station.

11. In the
case that authenticity of a control paper evokes doubt and in other doubtful
cases in events mentioned under paragraphs 8 and 9 of this Article, a polling
station commission shall vote to pass a decision on not counting ballot papers
in such boxes for establishing the total number of voters who took part in the
voting and counting of votes at a polling station. Respective decision and the
results of vote shall be put down in the protocol of a commission meeting.

12. The
number of ballot papers in each ballot box except for the objects and invalid
ballot papers and the number of the ballot box shall be promulgated and entered
into the protocol on the counting of votes at a polling station. After the last
box is opened, the total amount of ballot papers in boxes shall be summed. The
established results shall mean the number of voters who took part in elections.
This number shall be announced by a commission head and entered by a commission
secretary into the protocol on counting of votes at a polling station.

13. Ballot
papers found in ballot boxes that bear numbers of a territorial election
district and (or) polling station that do not correspond to the numbers of the
relevant polling station of the relevant territorial election district, as well
as the ballot papers that have no stamp of the polling station commission or
have the stamp of another election commission or any other stamp shall not be
counted for establishing the total number of voters who took part in the voting
and counting of votes at a polling station.

14. Ballot
papers that, pursuant to paragraph 9, 10, 11, and 13 of this Article, are not
be counted for establishing the total number of voters who took part in the
voting, but are to be counted for the counting of votes, shall be entered in
the protocol on counting of votes and packed pursuant to the procedure set
forth in paragraph 10, Article 86 of this Law. The package shall bear an
inscription “Ballot papers not to be counted”.

15. Ballot
papers that are to be counted shall be sorted according to the plates with the
names of parties (blocs) indicated in a ballot box, words “invalid” and
“against all” on both sides. When sorting ballot papers, a commission member
appointed by the commission shall show each ballot paper to all commission
members promulgating the voter’s will declared. In the event of doubt
concerning the contents of a ballot paper, the election commission shall vote
to resolve it. Every commission member shall have the right to examine the
ballot paper personally. For the time of examination, work with other ballot
papers shall be postponed.

16. The
following ballot papers shall be considered invalid in the event that:

1)there is
no family name and (or) signature of a polling station commission member who
gave it out, or having a signature of an individual who never gave out ballot
papers at this polling station;

17. In the event of any
doubt concerning reliability of a ballot paper, a polling station commission
shall vote to resolve it. Before voting, every commission member shall have the
right to examine the ballot paper personally. For the time of examination, the
process of counting of votes shall be postponed. The respective decision and
voting results shall be entered into the protocol of a polling station
commission meeting.

18. Invalid ballot
papers shall be counted separately pursuant to the procedure set forth in
paragraph 12, Article 80 of this Law. This number shall be promulgated by a
polling station commission head and entered by a commission secretary into the
protocol on counting of votes at a polling station. Invalid ballot papers shall
be packed pursuant to the procedure set forth in paragraph 10, Article 86 of
this Law. The package shall bear an inscription “Invalid Ballot Papers”.

19. A polling station
commission shall, pursuant to the procedure set forth in paragraph 12, Article
80 of this Law, count the number of votes cast for candidates for deputies
included into the election list of each party (bloc) and the number of votes
that did not support any candidate from a political party (bloc). In the course
of counting of votes, every commission member shall have the right to examine
or re-count respective ballot papers. Voting results at a polling station shall
be announced by a commission head and entered by a commission secretary into
the protocol on counting of votes at a polling station.

20. A polling station
commission in the course of counting of votes must ensure whether the number of
voters who took part in the voting equals the sum of invalid ballot papers,
ballot papers cast for every candidate included into the election list of all
political parties (blocs) and the number of voters who supported no candidate
from parties (blocs). In the event that these amounts do not coincide, a
polling station commission may re-count the ballot papers. If the
aforementioned discrepancy is confirmed, a polling station commission shall
draw up an act stating the reason of such discrepancy established by the
commission's decision according to the form and procedure set forth in
paragraph 8, Article 35 of this Law.

21. Ballot papers cast
for candidates included into election lists of political parties (blocs) and
ballot papers showing support of no candidate shall be packed separately
following the procedure set forth in paragraph 10, Article 86 of this Law. The
packages shall bear inscriptions reading the name of a respective party (bloc)
and “No Candidate from Parties (Blocs) Supported”.

Article 89. Protocol of a Polling station commission
on Voting Results at a Polling Station

1. At its meeting, a
polling station commission shall draw up the protocol on counting of votes at a
polling station. The form for the protocol of a polling station commission on
counting of votes at a polling station shall be established by the Central
Election Commission not later than 32 days before Election Day. The forms for
protocols of polling station commissions shall be numbered by the producer
enterprise. The Central Election Commission shall ensure the production of
forms for protocols of polling station commissions on counting of votes at a
polling station for each polling station in the amount of 100 copies in the
order and terms stipulated by Article 79 of this Law for the production of
ballot papers. The forms for protocols of polling station commissions on counting
of votes at a polling station shall be passed to election commissions together
with bullets in the order and terms stipulated by Article 80 of this Law.

2. The protocol of a
polling station commission on counting of votes at a polling station shall
contain the following information entered in figures and in words:

1)number of ballot papers received by a polling station commission;

2)number of ballot papers produced by a polling station commission;

3)number of unused ballot papers;

4)number of spoilt ballot papers;

5)number of voters on the voter list at a polling station (by the end of
the voting);

6)number of voters included into the excerpt from the voter list at a
polling station for voting at the place of stay;

7)number of voters included into the list of voters for voting with
absentee certificates;

8)number of voters who received ballot papers in premises for voting;

9)number of voters who received ballot papers at the place of stay;

10)number of voters
who received ballot papers on the basis of absentee certificates;

11)total number of
voters who received ballot papers at the polling station;

12)number of ballot
papers found in each ballot box (with number of the box indicated);

13)number of ballot
papers not to be counted;

14)number of voters
who took part in the voting at a polling station;

15)number of ballot
papers recognized invalid;

16)number of votes
cast for the candidates for deputies on election lists of each political party
(bloc);

17)number of voters
who did not support any candidate on election lists of political parties
(blocs);

18)number of
absentee certificate forms received by a polling station;

19)number of voters
who received absentee certificates;

20)number of
cancelled absentee certificates.

3. The protocol on
counting of votes at a polling station shall be drawn by a polling station
commission in the number of copies exceeding by four the number of commission
members. The copies shall be numbered and have equal legal force.

4. The protocol on
counting of votes at a polling station shall indicate the date and time (hour
and minutes) of its signing by the members of a polling station commission.
Each copy of the protocol shall be signed by a commission head, deputy head,
secretary, and other members of a polling station commission who were present
at a commission meeting. Every commission member present at a commission
meeting must sign the protocol on voting results. In the event that a
commission member does not agree with the results of the counting of votes
entered in the protocol, the member shall sign the protocol indicating “With
dissenting opinion” next to the signature. The dissenting opinion stated in
writing shall be appended to the protocol on counting of votes at a polling
station. In the event that there is no signature of a commission member on the protocol
on counting of votes at a polling station, there shall be a reason of the
absence indicated next to his/her name. The protocol shall be signed and
stamped with the stamp of a polling station commission only after it is
completely filled out.

5. Candidates for
deputies, authorized representatives of parties (blocs) and official observers
present during the meeting of a polling station commission during the counting
of votes shall have the right to sign the first and the second copies of the
protocol on counting of votes at a polling station.

6. The protocol on
counting of votes at a polling station must not be filled out in pencil; no
corrections must be done in it without proper authorization of a polling
station commission.

7. If after having
signing of the protocol on counting of votes at a polling station but before
sending of the protocol together with the election documentation to a district
election commission, a polling station commission finds inaccuracies in it (a
clerical error or a mistake in figures), it shall consider introducing
amendments to the established results of voting at the polling station at the
same meeting by means of drawing up the new protocol on counting of votes at a
polling station with the elimination of the inaccuracies marked “Amended”. No
re-counting of votes shall be done. The number of copies of the protocol marked
“Amended” shall be equal to the number stipulated by paragraph 3 of this
Article and signed according to the procedure set forth in paragraph 4 of this Article.
The protocol of a commission meeting shall indicate the fact of drawing up the
protocol marked “Amended”.

8. The first and the
second copies of the protocol of a polling station commission on counting of
votes at a polling station and – if available – respective copies of the
protocol marked “Amended” shall be packed in a package with a special
protection system pursuant to the procedure set forth in paragraph 10, Article
86 of this Law. The package shall bear an inscription “Protocol on Counting of
Votes”. The third copy of the protocol of a polling station commission on
counting of votes at a polling station (protocol marked “Amended”) shall be
preserved by the secretary of a polling station commission; the fourth copy of
the aforementioned protocol shall be immediately posted for public examination
in premises of a polling station commission. The remaining copies shall be
given to every member of a polling station commission one for each.

9. Candidates
for deputies, authorized representatives of parties (blocs), official observers
who were present during the counting of votes at a polling station, upon their
request shall be immediately provided with a copy of the protocol on counting
of votes at a polling station including the protocol marked “Amended”, which
shall be certified by a commission head and the secretary of the polling
station commission and stamped with the election commission stamp not more than
one copy of each protocol for every party (bloc).

10. An act shall be drawn up on giving out of the protocol on
counting of votes at a polling station according to the form established by the
Central Election Commission. The act shall contain the list of persons who
received copies of the corresponding protocol, the number of the copy, the date
and time of reception of these copies, and the signatures of
those persons. The act shall be signed by the head and the secretary of the
polling station commission and stamped by the stamp of the polling station
commission. The act shall be packaged in a packet together with the first and
the second copies of the protocol of a polling station commission on counting
of votes at a polling station.

11. The
packages with protocols of a polling station commission on counting of votes at
a polling station, ballot papers, control slips and objects, lists of voters
and, if available, dissenting opinions of commission members stated in writing,
acts, requests, complaints, and decisions passed by the election commission
shall be transferred to a district election commission immediately after the
end of the meeting of a polling station commission.

Article 90. Recognizing Voting at
Polling Station Invalid by Polling station commission

1. A
polling station commission may recognize the elections at a polling station
invalid in the event that it establishes violations of the requirements of this
Law, which make it impossible to reliably determine voters’ will. A polling
station commission may recognize the elections at a polling station invalid in
the event that it establishes the following circumstances:

1)instances
of illegal voting (casting a ballot paper to the ballot box by another
individual for the voter, except for the cases stipulated by paragraph 9,
Article 83 of this Law; voting by individuals not entitled to vote; voting by
individuals who are not on the voter list at the polling station or illegally
added to it; voting by an individual more than once) amounting to more than ten
percent of the number of voters who received ballot papers at a polling station;

2)instances
of destruction or damage of the ballot box (boxes) that makes it impossible to
determine the contents of the ballot papers if the number of these ballot
papers exceeds ten per cent of the number of voters who received ballot papers
at a polling station;

3)instances
of establishing of ballot papers in ballot boxes in amount that exceeds ten
percent of the number of voters who received ballot papers at a polling
station.

2. In the event of establishing circumstances
mentioned under paragraph 1 of this Article, a polling station commission shall
draw up an act in each case pursuant to the procedure set forth in paragraph 8,
Article 35 of this Law. This act (acts) shall be the basis for a polling
station commission to consider the issue of recognizing the voting at a polling
station invalid.

3. In the
event that a decision is adopted by a polling station commission on recognizing
the voting at a polling station invalid, the protocol of a polling station
commission on counting of votes at a polling station shall contain only
information mentioned under clauses 1-11, 14, 18-20, paragraph 2, Article 89 of
this Law. The columns for other information shall be crossed. The protocol on
counting of votes at a polling station shall be drawn up by a polling station
commission pursuant to the procedure set forth in Article 89 of this Law.

4. In the
event that a polling station commission passes a decision on recognizing the
voting at a polling station invalid, ballot papers shall be packed pursuant to
the procedure set forth in paragraph 10, Article 86 of this Law. The package
shall bear an inscription “Ballot Papers”.

5. The
decision of a polling station commission on recognizing the voting at a polling
station invalid and the act (acts), based on which this decision has been
passed, shall be appended to the protocol on counting of votes at a polling
station, packed and transported to a district election commission pursuant to
the procedure set forth in this Law.

Article 91. Procedure for
Transporting and Transferring Election Documents to District Election
Commission

1. Transportation
of documents mentioned under paragraph 11, Article 89 of this Law shall be done
by polling station commission members of a regular or a special polling station
(except for special polling stations created on vessels navigating under the
State Flag of Ukraine on Election Day or at Ukrainian polar station)
representing three different parties (blocs), in particular the commission head
or the deputy head and two members of this commission representing two other
parties (blocs) who received the majority of votes cast at the polling station.
They must be accompanied by the representative of the law enforcement
authorities of Ukraine who should provide protection during the transportation.
Upon their request, other members of a polling station, candidates for
deputies, authorized representatives of parties (blocs), and official observers
may accompany the documents. Transportation of documents by any other means is
prohibited.

2. During transportation
of documents, it is prohibited to unpack packages with ballot papers and other
election documentation.

3. If other
elections or a referendum is held simultaneously with elections of people's
deputies of Ukraine, election documentation for the other elections or the
referendum shall be transported to a respective district or territorial
election commission (sic!) by members of a polling station commission who do
not accompany the election documentation related to the elections of people's
deputies of Ukraine pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article.

4. The
secretary of a polling station commission, other commission members who do not
accompany election documentation to a district election commission shall stay
in premises of the polling station commission until they are notified of the
receipt of the protocol on counting of votes at a polling station by the
district election commission. During the transportation of election
documentation, the stamp of a polling station commission shall be kept in a
safe (metal box) in the premises of the polling station commission.

5. The
protocol on counting of votes at a regular or a special polling station (except
for special polling stations created at vessels navigating under the State Flag
of Ukraine on Election Day or at Ukrainian polar station) and other election
documents of a polling station commission shall be transferred to a respective
district election commission at its meeting pursuant to the procedure set forth
in Article 92 of this Law.

6. The contents
of the protocol on counting of votes at a polling station situated abroad and
on a special polling station created on a ship that on Election Day is at sea
bearing the national flag of Ukraine or at Ukrainian polar station after
signing by members of the polling station commission shall be immediately
passed by the polling station commission with the help of technical means of
communication to the Central Election Commission (through the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs) or to a respective district election commission; the first and
the second copies of the protocol on counting of votes at a polling station
must be later sent to it pursuant to the procedure established by the Central
Election Commission. The protocols shall be appended with other election
documents mentioned under paragraph 11, Article 89 of this Law.

Article 92. Procedure for
Receiving and Considering of Documents of Polling station commissions by
District Election Commission

1. From the
moment of the end of voting, a district election commission shall commence its
meeting that shall not be interrupted until voting results in a territorial
election district are established. Members of a district election commission
can not be involved in other activities during this time besides participation
in the meeting of the election commission.

2. A
district election commission shall process the information mentioned under
paragraph 13, Article 83 of this Law and pass the information on the territorial
election district to the Central Election Commission with the help of the
information and analytical system and telegraph (teletype) no later than at 10 p.m. on Election Day. The Central Election Commission shall publish the aforementioned
information in the printed mass media on the following day after their receipt
and promptly publish it on the official web site of the Central Election
Commission.

3. Meeting
of a district election commission mentioned under paragraph 1 of this Article
shall be reflected in the protocol of the uninterrupted meeting signed by a
commission head or a commission member who headed the meeting, as well as by a
commission secretary or a commission member who acted as a secretary at the
meeting. The protocol shall be appended with dissenting opinions (if available)
of commission members who took part in the meeting and do not agree with the
decision passed by a commission.

4. At the
meeting of a district election commission mentioned under paragraph 1 of this
Article, the head of the district election commission receives sealed packages
with protocols of polling station commissions, unseals them and promulgates the
contents of the protocols of polling station commissions on counting of votes
at corresponding polling stations. He/she also receives sealed packages with
other election documents stipulated by paragraph 11, Article 89 of this Law.
The time of receipt by a district election commission of the protocol of a
polling station commission on counting of votes at the polling station, a list
of received election documents and information from the protocol on counting of
votes at the polling station shall be entered into the protocol of the meeting
of a district election commission.

5. When a
district election commission receives documents of a polling station
commission, it shall check the completeness of the documents and integrity of
the packaging of all packages with election documents. Each member of the
commission shall have the right to examine each packet with documents. In the
event that the election documents are not complete or the packaging of all
packages is not intact, the package with the protocol on counting of votes at a
polling station shall be opened and the information from the protocol shall be
promulgated. Based on the results of consideration of documents of a polling
station commission and complaints concerning violations of the requirements of
this Law during the voting and counting of votes at a polling station, as well
as during the transportation of election documents to a district election
commission that arrived to the district election commission by the time of
reception of documents of a polling station commission, the district election
commission adopts one of the following decisions:

1) accept the
election documents of the polling station commission and count the information
form the protocol on counting of votes at a polling station when establishing
voting results within the territorial election district;

2) reject the
election documents of the polling station commission and obligate the polling
station commission to correct the faults;

3) conduct
repeat counting of votes at the polling station pursuant to the procedure
stipulated by this Law.

6. The
decision, foreseen in paragraph 5 of this Article, shall be adopted by voting
of all members of a district election commission by the majority of the total
composition of the commission and recorded in the protocol of the meeting of
the district election commission.

7. The
protocol of a polling station commission on counting of votes at the polling
station is considered by a district election commission immediately after its
promulgation. In the event that corrections, mistakes, or inaccuracies are
found in the protocol of a polling station commission on counting of votes at
the polling station, a district election commission may pass a decision
obliging a polling station commission to amend the established results of the
voting at the polling station pursuant to the requirements of paragraph 7,
Article 89 of this Law, which shall be reflected in the protocol of the
district election commission. During the period of consideration of this issue
by a polling station commission, the copies of the protocol on counting of
votes at the polling station and the attached documents submitted to the district
election commission shall be kept by the district election commission.

8. A
polling station commission shall consider amendments to the protocol without
re-counting ballot papers within the period determined by a district election
commission. The protocol marked “Amended” shall be transported to a district
election commission pursuant to the procedure set forth in Article 91 of this
Law. The time of receipt of the protocol marked “Amended” of a polling station
commission by a district election commission and the information from the
protocol shall be entered into the protocol of a district election commission’s
meeting.

9. If there
are complaints confirmed by the duly submitted acts drawn up by the candidates
for deputies, authorized representatives of parties (blocs), official observers
and voters on violation of the requirements of this Law during voting and/or
counting of votes at a polling station that call in question results of
counting of votes at this polling station, and if there is a act or a written
complaint by individuals mentioned under paragraph 1, Article 91 of this Law on
violation of this Law during transportation of the protocol on counting of
votes at a polling station to a district election commission and other
documents, a district election commission may pass a decision on re-counting of
votes at a polling station.

10. In the
event that it is impossible to eliminate discrepancies in the protocol of a
polling station commission without re-counting the ballot papers, and in the
event that there are obvious signs of unpacking the packages with the documents
of a polling station commission, a district election commission must pass a
decision on re-counting votes at this polling station.

11. The
protocols on voting results at a polling station and sealed packages with other
election documents of a polling station commission before re-counting of votes
at a polling station by a district election commission shall be kept in
premises where the meeting of a district election commission takes place.

12. Re-counting
of votes at a polling station shall be done by a district election commission
under mandatory participation of members of a polling station commission who
shall transfer the election documentation after consideration and passage of protocols
and other documents of the rest of polling station commissions. Re-counting of
votes at a polling station by a district election commission may be attended by
all members of this polling station commission as well as the candidates for
deputies, authorized representatives of parties (blocs) and official observers.

13. A
district election commission shall draw up a protocol on re-counting of votes
at a corresponding polling station in accordance with the form established by
the Central Election Commission. The protocol shall contain information,
foreseen in paragraph 2 (with the exception of clause 12) of Article 89 of this
Law.

14. A
district election commission shall draw up the protocol on re-counting votes at
a respective polling station in the number of copies, which exceeds by four the
number of members of a district election commission. The copies of the protocol
shall be numbered and have equal legal force. All copies of the protocol shall
be signed by the present members of a district election commission and members
of the polling station commission who participated in re-counting of votes at
the corresponding polling station, and certified with the stamp of the district
election commission. Information from the protocol shall be promulgated in the
process of its compilation in order stipulated by Articles 86-88 of this Law.
Candidates for deputies, authorized representatives of parties (blocs) and
official observers who were present during re-counting of votes shall have the
right to sign the first and the second copies of the protocol.

15. A
district election commission may pass a decision on recognizing the voting at a
polling station invalid in the following cases:

1)in
the event of establishing during re-counting of votes at the respective polling
station the circumstances mentioned under paragraph 1, Article 90 of this Law;

2)in
the event of establishing instances of deliberate obstruction for fulfillment
of their duties for the election commission members or realization by official
observers and mass media representatives of their right to be present during
the voting at a polling station in the premises where the voting is conducted,
at the meeting on counting of votes of an election commission, during
tabulation of voting results at a polling station, as well as illegitimate
non-admission of the aforementioned individuals in premises for voting.

16. In the event that voting at a polling station
is recognized invalid during re-counting of votes, the protocol of a district
election commission on re-counting of votes at this polling station shall be
drawn up pursuant to the procedure set forth in paragraphs 13 and 14 of this
Article and contain only information mentioned under clauses 1-11, 14, and
18-20 of paragraph 2 of Article 89 of this Law. All other lines of the protocol
shall be crossed.

17. The first
copy of the protocol of a district election commission on re-counting of votes
at a polling station together with the respective protocol of a polling station
commission on counting of at a polling station, decision of a district election
commission on recognizing the voting at this polling station invalid shall be
appended respectively to the protocol of a district election commission on
voting results at the respective territorial election district. The second copy
of the protocol of a district election commission on re-counting of votes at a
polling station shall be preserved by the secretary of a district election
commission; the third copy shall be transferred to the respective polling
station commission; the fourth copy shall be immediately posted in premises of
a district election commission for public information. Other copies of the
protocol shall be given out to members of a district election commission – one
for each member.

Article 93. Establishing Voting
Results in Constituencies

1. A
district election commission after receiving and reviewing protocols from
polling station commissions on voting results on polling stations, including
protocol marked “amended,” on the basis of protocol of polling station
commissions on voting results and information about content of such protocol of
polling station commissions transmitted by technical means of communication
from special polling stations created on vessels navigating under the state
flag of Ukraine on Election Day, on a Polar station of Ukraine, and in case of
re-counting of votes – also the protocol of a district election commission on
re-counting of votes at the respective polling station, shall establish:

1)number of ballot papers received by a district election commission;

2)number of ballot papers cancelled by a district election commission;

3)number of ballot papers received by polling station commissions in a territorial
election district;

4)number of ballot papers produced by polling station commissions of a territorial
election district;

5)number of unused ballot papers cancelled by polling station commissions
of a territorial election district;

6)number of spoiled ballot papers on polling station commissions of a territorial
election district;

7)total number of voters on voter lists at polling station commissions of
a territorial election district;

8)number of voters on the excerpt from voter lists at polling station
commissions of a territorial election district;

9)number of voters put in the list for absentee voting in a territorial
election district;

10)number of voters
who received ballot papers in premises for voting;

11)number of voters
who received ballot papers outside premises for voting);

12)number of voters
who received ballot papers upon presenting absentee ballot papers;

13)number of voters
who received ballot papers in a territorial election district;

14)number of voters
who voted in premises for voting;

15)number of voters
who voted outside premises for voting;

16)number of ballot
papers that can not be counted in polling station commissions of a territorial
election district;

17)total number of
voters who took part in voting in a territorial election district;

18)number of ballot
papers recognized invalid;

19)number of votes
cast for candidates for deputies from each party (bloc);

20)number of voters
who did not support candidates from any political party (bloc);

21)number of blanks
of absentee ballot papers received by polling station commissions of a territorial
election district;

22)number of voters
who received absentee ballot papers in a territorial election district;

23)number of unused
blanks of absentee ballot papers cancelled by a district election commission;

24)number of unused
blanks of absentee ballot papers cancelled by polling station commissions;

25)total number of
unused blanks of absentee ballot papers in a territorial election district.

2. Information
on voting results in a territorial election district shall be recorded by
figures and words in the protocol of district election commission on voting
results in a territorial election district. The information mentioned under
clauses 3-21 of paragraph 1 of Article 93 of this Law shall be recorded by
figures on each polling station commission in a territorial election district;
and their sum for a territorial election district – in figures and words.

3. The
number of copies of protocol of a district election commission on voting
results in the territorial election district shall exceed the number of members
of the district election commission by three. The copies of the protocol shall
be numbered and have equal legal force.

4. The
protocol on voting results in a territorial election district must not be put
down in pencil, signed and stamped by district election commission before being
filled in completely.

5. Protocols
on voting results in a territorial election district shall be signed by a
commission head, deputy head, secretary and other district election commission
members who were present at the meeting of the election commission, and stamped
with the stamp of the district election commission. Time (hours and minutes) of
its signing by the members of the district election commission shall be
indicated in the protocol. Every member of the district election commission
present at the meeting must sign the protocol on voting results. If a
commission member does not agree with the voting results tabulated by the
commission and recorded in the protocol, he/she should sign the protocol with
comment “With dissenting opinion.” The dissenting opinion stated in writing
shall be appended to the protocol on voting results. If there is no signature
of a commission member, the reason of the absence of his/her signature shall be
indicated next to his/her name. Candidates for deputies, authorized representatives
of parties (blocs), and official observers who were present during the
tabulation of voting results in the territorial election district have the
right to sign the first copy of the protocol.

6. If a
district election commission after signing the protocol and before sending it
to the Central Election Commission finds inaccuracies (slip of pen or a mistake
in figures), it shall consider introducing amendments to the voting results in
the territorial election district at the same meeting by preparing a new
protocol with the mark “amended.” The protocol marked “amended” shall be drawn
up and signed according to the procedure and have the number of copies
stipulated by this Article. It is prohibited to draw up the “amended” protocol
by a district election commission at another meeting without an order of the
Central Election Commission.

7. The
first copy of a protocol of district election commission on voting results in
the territorial election district, and if present, the first copy of the protocol
marked “amended,” are packed together with the special system of protection in
the order stipulated by Part 10 of Article 86 of this Law. The packaged is
marked by “Protocol of voting results” mark.

8. The
first copy of a protocol of district election commission on voting results in
the territorial election district, and if any amendments were made to this
protocol, also the protocol which had mistakes (slips of pen or mistakes in
figures), and the protocol marked “amended” together with respective protocol
and acts of polling station commissions, decision passed on the basis of these
acts and, if present, protocols of a polling station commission on re-counting
of votes at the respective polling station, dissenting opinions of district
election commission members put in writing, requests and complaints on
violations of the procedure of tabulation of voting results in a territorial
election district by a district election commission, and decisions made by
district election commission upon consideration of violations shall be
transported by a district election commission to the Central Election
Commission; the second copy of the protocol shall be preserved by a district
election commission; the third copy shall be immediately posted in a polling
station commission for public information; the rest of the copies shall be
given to a polling station election commission members one copy per each.

9. Transportation
of the election documents stipulated by paragraph 7 of this Article shall be
done by a head of a district election commission or his deputies and two
members of this election commission representing different parties (blocs) that
received the majority of votes in the territorial election district. If a head
or a deputy head of district election commission who must transport the
mentioned documents represents one of two parties (blocs), which received the
majority of votes in the territorial election district, or representative of
such party (bloc) can not take part in the transportation of election
documentation to the Central Election Commission due to the serious reasons,
representative of the party (bloc), which received the next consecutive number
of votes, takes part in the transportation. .

10. Upon
their request, candidate for deputy, authorized representative of a party
(bloc) and an official observer shall be provided immediately with a copy of
protocol (including the one marked “amended”) of a district election commission
on voting results in the territorial election district and, if present, a copy
of protocol on votes re-counting in the respective polling station – one copy
per each party (bloc). Each page of the mentioned copies should be authorized
by a commission head, secretary of a district election commission and stamped
by the election commission stamp.

Article 94. Tabulation of Voting
Results in Foreign Election District

1. At its
meeting, the Central Election Commission shall receive, consider and promulgate
protocols of polling station commissions on voting results at respective
polling stations in foreign election district or information about the contents
of respective protocol on voting results transmitted by the technical means of
communication, under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 6, Article 91 of
this Law.

2. After
receiving and considering protocols of polling station commissions in foreign election
district on counting of votes in polling stations, the Central Election
Commission at the same meeting and on the basis of protocols of polling station
commissions on counting of votes on polling stations and information on content
of such protocols of polling station commissions, transmitted by the technical
means of communication, shall tabulate the information in foreign election
district, under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 1, Article 93 of this
Law.

3. Information
on voting results in a foreign election district shall be announced at the
meeting of the Central Election Commission and put down in figures and words to
the protocol of the Central Election Commission on voting results in a foreign election
district.

4. The
protocol mentioned in paragraph 3 of this Article shall be drawn up, under the
procedure stipulated by paragraphs 2, 4 - 6 of Article 93 of this Law.

5. The
protocol mentioned in paragraph 3 of this Article should be drawn up in two
copies. The protocol shall be signed by the head, deputy head, a secretary and
other members of the Central Election Commission who are present at the
meeting, and stamped with the stamp of the Central Election Commission. The
protocol shall contain date and time (hour and minutes) when it was signed by
the members of the Central Election Commission. The member of the Central
Election Commission who is present at the meeting must sign the protocol on
voting results. If he/she does not agree with the tabulated results, recorded
in the protocol of the Central Election Commission, the member of the Central
Election Commission shall sign the protocol, adding “With dissenting opinion.”
The dissenting opinion stated in writing shall be appended to the protocol on
voting results. If the signature of a member of the Central Election Commission
is absent from the protocol, the reason of the member of the Central Election
Commission absence at its meeting shall written next to his/her name.
Candidates for deputies, representatives of parties (blocs) in the Central
Election Commission, authorized representatives of parties (blocs) in the
all-national constituency who were present at the meeting when voting results
in foreign election district were tabulated shall have the right to sign the
first copy of the protocol. The content of the protocol should be published on
the official web site of the Central Election Commission.

6. Upon
their request, candidates for deputies, representatives of parties (blocs) in
the Central Election Commission shall be immediately provided with a copy of
the protocol (including the protocol marked “Amended”) of the Central Election
Commission on voting results in a foreign election district one copy per each
party (bloc). Each page of the mentioned copies shall be authorized by
signatures of the Head and the secretary of the Central Election Commission and
stamped with the Central Election Commission stamp.

Article 95. Procedure for
Receiving and Consideration of Protocols of District Election Commissions by
the Central Election Commission

1. At its
meeting, the Central Election Commission shall consider and approve protocols
of district election commissions on voting results in the territorial election
district. The information of the aforementioned protocol shall be announced by
a head or a deputy of the respective district election commission at the
meeting of the Central Election Commission. The time of receiving of a protocol
of a district election commission by the Central Election Commission and the
protocol information shall be reported in the protocol of the Central Election
Commission meeting.

2. If
corrections, mistakes or inaccuracies were found in the protocol of a district
election commission on voting results in the territorial election district, the
Central Election Commission upon its consideration might oblige the district
election commission to introduce amendments to the tabulated voting results in
the territorial election district, under the procedure stipulated by paragraph
7, Article 92 of this Law, which shall be reflected in the protocol of the
Central Election Commission meeting. During the period of consideration of this
issue by the district election commission, the copies of the protocol of the
district election commission on the voting results in the territorial election
district submitted to the Central Election Commission and the attached
documents shall be stored in the Central Election Commission.

3. A
district election commission should consider amendments to the tabulated voting
results in the territorial election district within the period designated by
the Central Election Commission, re-counting votes at individual polling
stations in the territorial election district if necessary. The protocol marked
“Amended” shall be drawn up under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 7,
Article 93 of this Law. The abovementioned protocol and other required election
documents shall be transported to the Central Election Commission under the
procedure stipulated by paragraph 9, Article 93 of this Law.

4. A
protocol of a district election commission on voting results in the territorial
election district marked “Amended” shall be received by the Central Election
Commission under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 1 of this Article.

Article 96. Tabulation of Voting
Results of Elections of Deputies

1. At its
meeting, the Central Election Commission, on the basis of protocols of district
election commissions on voting results in respective constituencies, including
protocols marked “Amended,” and the protocol of the Central Election Commission
on voting results in a foreign election district shall tabulate the results of
elections of deputies no later than on the fifteenth day from Election Day and
draw up the respective protocol. The protocol on the voting results of the
elections of deputies should contain the following information in figures and
words:

1)number
of ballot papers produced on the order of the Central Election Commission;

4)number
of unused ballot papers cancelled by district election commissions;

5) number
of ballot papers received by polling station commissions;

6)number
of ballot papers produced by polling station commissions;

7)number
of unused ballot papers cancelled by polling station commissions;

8)total
number of unused ballot papers;

9)total
number of spoiled ballot papers;

10)number of voters on voters
lists at polling stations;

11)number of voters on excerpt
from the voters list at polling stations;

12)number of voters, included
to voters lists for voting based on absentee voting certificates;

13) number of voters who received
ballot papers in the premises for voting;

14)number of voters who
received ballot papers outside the premises for voting;

15)number of voters who
received ballot papers on the basis of absentee voting certificates;

16)total amount of voters who
received ballot papers;

17)number of voters who voted
in premises for voting;

18)number of voters who took
part in voting outside the premises for voting;

19)number of ballot papers that
can not be counted at the polling station;

20)total number of voters who
took part in voting;

21) number of ballot papers
recognized as invalid;

22)the percentage of ballot
papers that were recognized as invalid to the number of voters who took part in
the voting;

23)number of votes cast for
candidates for deputies, included to each party (bloc) lists;

24) the percentage of votes
cast for candidates for deputies, included to each party (bloc) list to the
number of voters who took part in the voting;

25)number of voters who did not
support candidate for deputies, included to any party (bloc) lists on election
lists of political parties (blocs);

26)the percentage of votes of
those who did not support candidates for deputies, included to any party
(bloc) from any party (bloc) to the number voters who took part in the voting.

2. The information on voting results shall be
recorded to the protocol of the Central Election Commission on the voting
results in figures and words. The information stipulated by sub-paragraphs 3-26
of paragraph 1 of this Article shall be recorded in figures for each election
district (including the foreign election district), and also in figures and
words for the sum for the all-national constituency.

3. Those
candidates for deputies included to party (bloc) lists, which received three
and more percent of votes who took part in the voting in the all-national
constituency, receive the right to take part in the distribution of deputies`
mandates.

4. Those
candidates for deputies included to party (bloc) lists, which received less
than three percent of votes who took part in the voting, shall not be entitled
to take part in the distribution of deputies` mandates.

5. The
deputies’ mandates shall be distributed among party (bloc) lists proportionally
to the number of votes cast for the candidates for deputies, included to party
(bloc) lists, as stipulated by paragraph 3 of this Article, in the consecutive
order stipulated by paragraphs 6-8 of this Article.

6. The
Central Election Commission, basing on information stipulated by subparagraph
23 of paragraph 1 of this Article, shall tabulate the total number of votes
cast for candidates for deputies, included to party (bloc) lists, which
received three and more percent of votes.

7. The
number of votes necessary to receive one deputy mandate (hereafter – election
quota) shall be calculated by dividing the total number of votes, tabulated in
paragraph 6 of this Article by the number of deputies` mandates that equals to
quantitative composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, as stipulated by the
Constitution of Ukraine (254r/96-VR) (hereafter – total number of deputies`
mandates).

8. The
number of votes cast for candidates for deputies, included to party (bloc)
lists shall be divided by election quota. The integral part of the received
figure shall be the number of parliamentary mandates that candidates for
deputies of this party (bloc) received. The fractions shall be counted for the
distribution of the rest of the parliamentary mandates under the procedure
stipulated by paragraph 9 of this Article.

9. Parties
(blocs), which party (blocs) lists have the highest fraction after the division
under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 8 of this Article, receive an
additional parliamentary mandate, in the consecutive order starting with the
party (bloc) that has the highest fraction. If two or more parties (blocs) have
equal fractions, an additional parliamentary mandate is allocated to the party
(bloc), which candidates for deputies received more votes. The distribution of
additional deputies` mandates ends after the total number of parliamentary
mandates is exhausted.

10. The
result of elections of deputies is determination of persons in the consecutive
order in party (blocs) lists, elected deputies from parties (blocs),
accordingly to the number of deputies` mandates, received by party (blocs)
lists.

11. After
establishing the number of deputies` mandates received by parties (blocs) –
subjects of the election process – and tabulation of persons who were elected
deputies under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 10 of this Article, the
Central Election Commission shall state in the protocol on the voting results:

1)total
number of votes cast for the candidates for deputies, included to party (bloc)
lists that received three and more percent of votes;

2)election
quota;

3)the
number of deputies` mandates received by each party (bloc) – subjects of the
election process;

4)surnames,
first names, patronymics, year of birth, profession, position (occupation),
place of work, place of residence, and party affiliation of elected deputies.

12. The protocol
on the voting results of election of peoples` deputies of Ukraine shall be
drawn up in two copies. The protocol is signed by the head, deputy heads, a
secretary, and other members of the Central Election Commission present at the
meeting, of the Central Election Commission and stamped by the stamp of the
Central Election Commission. The protocol shall contain date and time (hours
and minutes) of its signing by the members of the Central Election Commission.
A member of the Central Election Commission present at its meeting is obliged
to sign the protocol on the voting results of elections of deputies. If a
member of the Central Election Commission does not agree with tabulated voting
results, recorded in the protocol of the Central Election Commission, the
member of the Central Election Commission sign the protocol with comment “With
dissenting opinion.” The dissenting opinion in written form is added to the
protocol on the voting results of deputies. If the signature of a member of the
Central Election Commission is absent from the protocol, the reason of the
member of the Central Election Commission absence at its meeting shall be
written next to his/her name. Candidates for deputies, representatives of
parties (blocs) in the Central Election Commission, authorized representatives
of parties (blocs) in the all-national constituency who were present at the
tabulation of voting results of elections of people's deputies shall have the
right to sign the first copy of the protocol. The content of the protocol
should be published on the official web site of the Central Election Commission
immediately.

Article 97. Official Promulgation
of the Election Results

1. The
Central Election Commission no later than on the fifth day from establishing
the election results shall promulgate officially
the results of the elections of deputies in the Holos Ukrainy and
Uryadovyi Kuryer newspapers. The list of elected deputies shall be
published in alphabetical order indicating their family names, first names,
patronymics, year of birth, educational
background, position (occupation),
place of work, place of residence, party, membershipand
the nominator.

2. Official
promulgation of the results of the elections of deputies by the Central
Election Commission shall be the ground for the dismissal from the positions,
which are not compatible with a deputy mandate and adoption of the decision on
termination of other representative mandates of individuals elected deputies.

1. Parties
(parties forming blocs) which party lists received three or more percent of
votes cast at the elections, shall be entitled for reimbursement of the
expenses related to financing their election campaign from the State budget of
Ukraine in the amount equal to factual expenses but not more than one hundred
thousand of minimal salaries for each party (bloc).

2. On the
basis of a financial report on receiving and using the finances of the a
party’s (bloc’s) election fund submitted in accordance with the procedure
stipulated by paragraph 6 Article 51 of this Law, the Central Election
Commission, no later than on the tenth day from the day of official
promulgation of the election results, shall adopt a decision on satisfying or
rejecting the request for reimbursement of expenses related to financing
election campaign of parties (parties forming blocs). In case if Central
Election Commission partly rejected the request for reimbursement, the sum of
expenses claimed in the financial report related to financing election campaign
of party (bloc), shall be decreased
on amounts contested value.

3. The
grounds for rejecting the request for reimbursement of expenses related to
financing election campaign of parties (parties forming blocs) shall be the
facts establishing by the Central Election Commission during examination of the
information which is specified in the financial report on receiving and using
the finances of the a party (bloc), that demonstrate that the party (bloc)
violated the requirements of this Law concerning the order of formation of the
a party’s (bloc’s) election fund or use of finances of a party (bloc) for the
purposes which are not related to the election campaign..

4. The copy
of the decision of the Central Election Commission on accepting or rejecting
the request for reimbursement of expenses related to the election campaign of
the party (parties forming blocs) shall be forwarded to the concerned party
(parties forming blocs) no later than on the second day from the day of the
adoption of such decision.

5. Governingbody
of a bloc, no later than on the tenth day from the receiving the copy of the
decision concerning the reimbursement of expenses mentioned in paragraph 4 of
this Article, should submit to the Central Election Commission proportions in
which expenses intended to the reimbursement to parties forming blocs should be
distributed between parties forming blocs. Finances which are designated to
reimburse expenses related to the election campaign of parties forming a bloc
shall be distributed by the Central Election Commission among parties forming a
bloc in proportions determined by the mentioned claim of a governing body of a
bloc.

6. The
decision of the Central Election Commission on rejecting the request for the
reimbursement of expenses concerned with financing of the election campaign of
a party (parties forming a bloc) can be disputed in court.

7. Funds
for reimbursement to the parties of expenses concerned with financing of the
election campaigns of parties (parties forming a bloc) are be stipulated by the
Law On the State Budget of Ukraine for the financial year that follows
the year of elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine. Central Election
Commission is the principal manager of the funds for the reimbursement of the
expanses concerned with financing of election campaigns of parties (parties
forming a bloc).

8. The
funds for reimbursement of expenses related to financing of election campaigns
of parties (parties forming a bloc) shall be transferred to the account of the
respective party (parties forming a bloc) based on the decision of the Central
Election Commission no later than on the thirtieth day from the day of
enactment of the Law On the State Budget of Ukraine which, according to
paragraph 7 of this Article, provides means for the funds of reimbursing of the
expenses concerned with financing of election campaigns of parties (parties
forming a bloc).

Article 99. Registration of
Elected Deputies

1. To be
registered an individual elected a national deputy no later than on the
twentieth day from the day of official promulgation of the election results,
shall submit to the Central Election Commission a document on his/her dismissal
from the previous place of work, which is not compatible with a deputy mandate,
and (or) a copy of a registered request to terminate another representative
mandate submitted to the respective council.

2. In the
event that an individual elected a national deputy presents to the Central Election
Commission legitimate reasons that prevent him/her from complying with the
requirements of paragraph 1 of this Law, the Central Election Commission may
pass a decision on recognizing the aforementioned reasons legitimate and set a
different timeline for fulfillment of these requirements; otherwise the Central
Election Commission mat pass a decision on not recognizing the aforementioned
reasons legitimate.

3. After
having received the documents mentioned under paragraph 1 of this Law, the
Central Election Commission shall pass a decision on registering the elected
national deputy.

4. In the
event that an individual elected national deputy, without a legitimate reason,
fails to fulfill the requirements stipulated by paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Law,
the Central Election Commission shall pass a decision on recognizing him/her an
individual who rejected a deputy mandate and recognizing an elected national
deputy the person who follows him/her on the party (bloc) list.

5. No later
than on the seventh day after registration of an individual elected national
deputy, the Central Election Commission shall provide him/her with a temporary
ID of a national deputy in the form established by the same Commission.

6. The
decision of the Central Election Commission on registering the deputy and a
temporary ID of a national deputy shall serve as the grounds for the person to
be sworn in as a national deputy of Ukraine.

Article 100. Identification
Document and Lapel Badge of a National Deputy of Ukraine

After the deputy
has taken the oath of a national deputy of Ukraine, the Central Election
Commission shall provide him/her with the ID of a National Deputy of Ukraine
and the lapel badge of the established form.

1. In the
event of pre-term termination of authorities of a national deputy of Ukraine on
the basis and pursuant to the procedure stipulated by the Constitution of
Ukraine and laws of Ukraine, after the Central Election Commission passes a
respective decision, the next candidate on the party (bloc) list shall become a
national deputy. If the aforementioned list is exhausted, the seat in the
parliament shall be vacant until the regular or the extraordinary elections are
held.

2. Registration
of the person elected national deputy pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Law and
providing him/her with a temporary ID of a National Deputy of Ukraine shall be
done by the Central Election Commission pursuant to the procedure set forth in
Article 98 of this Law.

3. The
party (bloc) that nominated candidates for national deputies for its party
list, which candidates run for the seat in the parliament, may pass a decision
on eliminating a candidate for a national deputy who, according to the election
results stipulated by paragraph 10, Article 95 of this Law, is considered not
elected from its party list at any time after Election Day before this person
is registered as a national deputy of Ukraine pursuant to paragraph 1 of this
Law. Such decision shall be passed in accordance with the statute of the party
(agreement on establishing a bloc) by the congress (meeting, conference) of the
party or a multi-party congress (meeting, conference) of parties that belonged
to a bloc, signed by the party leader (leaders of parties that, as of Election
Day, belonged to a bloc) and bear the party stamp (stamps of respective
parties) and, within five days from the day of passage of such a decision, be
forwarded to the Central Election Commission. The latter, based on such
documents and within seven days, shall pass a decision on eliminating the
candidate in question from the party (bloc) list.

4. In the
event of changes of the composition of a bloc, the procedures set forth in
paragraphs 2 and 3, Article 62 of this Law shall be applied to replace deputies
who left.

Article 102. Specificities of
Organization and Conduct of Extraordinary Elections of Deputies

1. For
organization of the extraordinary parliamentary elections, the constituencies’
and foreign polling stations created for conducting of the last elections of
people's deputies shall be used.

2. Regular
and special polling stations for extraordinary elections shall be created no
later than nineteen days before Election Day, and in extraordinary case of
creation of polling stations upon the procedure stipulated by paragraph 7,
Article 21 of this Law – no later than ten days before Election Day under the
procedure stipulated by this Law.

3. District
election commissions shall be established no later than fifty days before
Election Day by submission of parties (blocs) that are represented by party
factions in the current convocation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine that are
received by the Central Election Commission. no later than fifty-three days
before Election Day.

4. Polling
station commissions shall be created no later than twelve days before Election
Day, and in the extraordinary case of creation of polling station under the
procedure stipulated by paragraph 7, Article 21 of this Law – simultaneously
with the creation of polling stations after receiving submission of the
authorized representatives of parties (blocs) mentioned in paragraph 3, of this
Law, which shall be received by district election commission no later than
fifteen days before Election Day under the procedure stipulated by Article 28
of this Law.

5. Nomination
of candidates for peoples` deputies shall start on the next day after
publication of the Decree of the President of Ukraine on pre-term termination
of authorities of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and end forty days before
Election Day.

6. The
Central Election Commission shall stop accepting the documents for registration
of candidates for deputies 30 days before Election Day, Registration of candidates
shall stop twenty-fife days before Election Day.

7. Information
posters of parties (blocs) as mentioned in Article 66 of this Law shall be
produced no later than twenty days before Election Day.

8. Voter
lists at regular polling stations shall be compiled and produced under the
procedure stipulated by law and passed to district election commissions no
later than twenty days before Election Day.

9. District
election commissions shall pass one copy of voter lists to the respective
polling station commissions no later than 10 days before Election Day.

10. At
special polling stations, voter lists shall be compiled under the procedure
stipulated by law no late than ten days be fore Election Day.

11. The voter
lists at foreign election district polling stations shall be compiled and
produced under the procedure stipulated by law. Voter lists shall be passed to
polling station commissions in foreign election district no later than ten days
before Election Day. Amendments to voter lists in foreign election district
polling stations shall be done under the procedure stipulated by this Law.

12. The form
and the text of ballot paper shall be approved by the Central Election
Commission no later than twenty-four days before Election Day.

Chapter XII -APPEALING
DECISIONS, ACTS OR INACTIVITY RELATED TO PROCESS OF ELECTIONS OF DEPUTIES.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR VIOLATION OF ELECTION LEGISLATION

Article 103. Applicants of
Complaints

1. A
complaint concerning the process of elections of deputies may be filed by such persons
(henceforth referred to as the “Applicant”):

1)a
candidate for a People’s Deputy;

2)a
party (bloc) – subject of the election process represented by the party (bloc)
leader, representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission
or by another person authorized by the decision of the central management body
of the party (bloc);

3)official
observer from the party (bloc);

4)an
election commission that performs functions concerning organizing and holding
the elections of deputies represented by a head of commission or a commission
member authorized by the decision of the election commission;

5)a
voter whose rights or legally protected interests related to the participation
in the election process including participation in activities of an election
commission or observation were infringed by a decision, actions or inactivity
of the subject to be complained about.

2. A party leader
(leaders of a bloc identified in the agreement on establishing a bloc) or a
representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election Commission acts as a
representative of the party (bloc) without an additional authorization. The
document confirming authorities of an authorized representative of the party
(bloc) or a representative of the party (bloc) in the Central Election
Commission shall be a respective certificate issued pursuant to the procedure
stipulated by this Law.

Article 104. Matter of complaint
and Subject to be complained about

A complaint
concerning designation, preparation and organization of elections of deputies
(henceforth referred to as the “complaint”) with peculiarities as stipulated by
Articles 111 – 115 of this Law may be filed by the Applicant to appeal against
a decision, actions or inactivity of:

3)association
of citizens, except for those decisions and activity that pursuant to the law
or their statute (regulations act) belong to their internal organizational
activity or to their exclusively competence;

4)mass media
outlet, an official or a creative specialist thereof;

5)other
subjects of the election process according to Article 12 of this Law.

Article 105. Subject entitled to
consider Complaints

1. The
subject entitled to consider complaints stipulated by Article 104 of this Law
shall be an election commission or court.

2. An
Applicant mentioned in Article 103 of this Law may file a complaint to either a
commission or to a court at his/her own discretion.

3. The
court where a complaint stipulated by Article 104 is filed shall immediately
notify the election commission and the higher-level commission about the
receipt of complaint and about the court decision thereon.

4. If the
aforementioned complaint is recognized by the court as acceptable, and in the
event, when the same complaint is submitted to an election commission, this
election commission, after having received notification from the court, shall
suspend consideration of such complaint until the court decision comes into
force.

Article 106. Time Periods for
Appeals

1. An
Applicant may file a complaint with an election commission or court within five
days after adoption of a decision, action or inactivity of the subject to be
complain about except for the cases stipulated by paragraphs 2 and 3 of this
Article.

2. A
complaint concerning a violation committed before Election Day may be filed
within the period mentioned under paragraph 1 of this Article but no later than
midnight of the day that precedes Election Day.

3. A
complaint concerning a violation committed on Election Day may be submitted to
the election commission that allowed this violation no later than the end of
voting. A complaint concerning decisions, actions, or inactivity of a polling
station commission or its members committed on Election Day, during the vote
tabulation or establishing voting results at a polling station may be submitted
to the Central Election Commission or a court within two days after adoption of
such a decision or performance of action or inactivity.

4. The day
of performance of inactivity shall be considered the last day of the period
stipulated by the law for performing the action described by Law.

5. The day
of receiving the complaint shall be considered the day of factual receipt of
the complaint by the subject entitled to consider complaints.

6. The
period for filing a complaint may not be prolonged or renewed except for the
cases of re-submission of complaint after eliminating its defects no later than
the next day after its has been returned by the subject entitled to consider
complaints without considering this complaint pursuant to paragraph 3, Article
108 of this Law.

7. Changes
or revision of the applicant’s demands during consideration of the complaint by
the subject entitled to consider caused by the emergence of circumstances that
were previously not known to the Applicant shall not be considered as a new
complaint and shall not be liable to time restrictions.

Article 107. Form and Content of
Complaint

1. The
complaint to election commission or court should be put down in writing. The
complaint should contain:

1)name of
the subject of complaint to whom it is filed;

2)surname,
first name and patronymic (name of organization) of the applicant of complaint,
his place of residence (mailing address), and also the number of means of
communication and e-mail if available;

3)surname,
first name and patronymic (name of organization) of the subject of complaint,
his place of residence (mailing address), and also the number of communication
means and e-mail if available;

4)the matter
of complaint;

5)circumstances
and proofs that justifies the applicant of complaint demands;

6)clearly
stated claims with indication of the matter of complaint, the adoption of which
is demanded from the subject of complaint;

7)list of
attached documents and materials;

8)list of
interested persons whom the applicant of complaint considers necessary to
involve into consideration of the complaint;

9)a signature
of applicant of complaint or an individual who represents him/her under the
procedure stipulated by Article 103 of this Law and the date of signing;

2. A complaint from an election commission shall be filed
by a decision of this election commission, which shall be appended to the
complaint and signed by the person presiding at the commission meeting when the
decision on filing a complaint was made, and stamped with a stamp of the
election commission.

4. The
complaint shall be appended with its copy and copies of all attached documents
in the number that equals the number of subjects of complaint and all
interested persons that were mentioned in this complaint.

Article 108. Procedure and Terms
of Consideration of Complaints

1. Consideration
of complaints by the court shall be done in the order stipulated by the
procedural legislation taking into consideration the peculiarities stipulated
by this Law.

2. Consideration
of complaints by an election commissions shall be done in the order stipulated
by this Article.

3. A
complaint, which fails to meet the requirement of Article 107 of this Law,
shall be returned by the head of the Central Election Commission or other
member of the Central Election Commission by commission of the head of the
Central Election Commission or head or deputy head of district or polling
station commission to applicant of the complaint no later than the next day
after receiving this complaint; the complaint submitted before Election Day, on
Election Day or on the next day after Election Day shall be returned
immediately. If a complaint is returned without consideration, exhaustive lists
of defects that prevent it from being considered is indicated and contains a
notice of possibility to re-submit this complaint, drawn up according to the
requirements as stipulated by Article 107 of this Law within the term
stipulated by this Law.

4. If the
complaint is re-submitted with the defects not being corrected or with new
defects, the subject of consideration of complaint shall adopt a decision to
leave it without consideration on the matter.

5. A
complaint drawn up according to the requirements stipulated by Article 107 of
this Law shall be considered by court or a respective election commission at
its meeting no later than on the fifth day after receiving the complaint except
for the cases stipulated by paragraphs 6 through 8 of this Law.

6. A
complaint about violations committed before Election Day shall be considered by
an election commission within the period stipulated by paragraph 5 of this Law
but no later than the beginning of voting.

7. A
complaint about violation committed during voting filed to a polling station
commission shall be considered by the latter immediately after the end of
voting.

8. A
complaint about violation committed on Election Day, during the vote counting
or voting result tabulation at a polling station filed to the election
commission of the supreme level or court shall be considered by the respective
subject of complaint consideration within two days after filing the complaint.

9. If an
election commission in the course of complaint consideration decide that it is
necessary to examine the circumstances indicated in the complaint by law
enforcement authorities, the respective law enforcement authorities upon
receiving the request from the election commission, examine the these
circumstances and take necessary measures to terminate violation of legislation
within three days from the day of receiving such a request from the election
commission; and if such request was received by law-enforcement authorities
less than three days before Election Day, on Election Day or on the next day
after Election Day, it shall act immediately. The respective authorities shall
report on the result of examination and measures taken to the election
commission that has sent a request.

10. The consideration
of a complaint by a subject of consideration of complaint is conducted with
obligatory notification of applicant of complaint, subject of complaint and
other interested persons by a registered telegram, facsimile or electronic mail
on the time and place of consideration. An applicant of complaint, subject of
complaint and other interested persons may be notified of the time and place of
consideration of the complaint by phone, which fact shall be registered by an
official of the subject of consideration in a separate written certificate that
shall be attached to the case file (protocol). If those persons who were duly
notified of the time and place of consideration fail to show up on the meeting
of a subject of complaint consideration, this fact shall not prevent the
complaint from being considered.

11. Copies of a
complaint and attached documents shall be handed to the subject of the
complaint and interested persons in advance, and if this is not possible – no
later than the beginning of consideration of the complaint. The subject of the
complaint shall have the right to submit written explanations to the matter of
complaint, which shall be taken into consideration by the subject of
consideration of complaint.

12. The subject of
consideration of complaint shall decide on leaving the complaint without
consideration if the complaint was submitted by a person not entitled to be an
applicant of complaint or the timelines for submitting it were violated.

13. The Central
Election Commission when adopting a decision on leaving the complaint without
consideration may take into consideration the facts stated in the complaint upon
its own initiative.

14. Other issues of the
procedure of consideration of complaints by election commissions shall be
defined by the Central Election Commission, according to the requirements of
this Law.

15. Courts, election
commissions and prosecutor authorities shall organize their work during the
election process in such a way that provides for an opportunity to receive and
consider complaints and applications of election commissions within the terms
and under the procedure stipulated by this Law.

Article 109. Evidences

1. The evidences,
based on which an election commission establishes the presence or absence of
circumstances that justify the demands or protests of an applicant of
complaint, subject of complaint or interested persons, as well as other
circumstances that are essential for proper consideration of a complaint may
be:

1)written
documents and materials (including those in electronic form) that contain
information about circumstances that are essential for proper consideration of
a complaint;

2)written
explanations of subjects of election process, officials and civil servants of
executive authorities, bodies of self-government, enterprises, institutions,
entities and organizations, respective law enforcement authorities, received
upon the request of a subject of consideration of complaint, including members
of an election commission to exercise authorities of the election commission;

3)material
evidences;

4)experts`
conclusions, provided in written form on request of an election commission - a
subject of complaint consideration, - an applicant of a complaint or subject
of complaint;

2. An election
commission shall receive evidence from an applicant of complaint, a subject of
complaint or interested persons. An election commission - the subject of
complaint consideration - may request (order) additional evidence upon its own
initiative or upon the request of an applicant of complaint, subject of
complaint or interested persons.

3. If an applicant of
the complaint, subject of the complaint or interested person fails to provide
evidences to prove the circumstances that they refer to, the election
commission shall consider the case upon available evidences.

4. An election
commission shall take into consideration only those evidences that have
relation to the consideration of complaint. The fact of rejection of evidences
those are not important for complaint consideration or do not have evidential
force should be stated in the decision of election commission - the subject of
complaint consideration.

5. Circumstances
(facts), proving of which requires certain means stipulated by law, may not be
proved by any other means.

6. Written evidence
shall be submitted in original or in the form of a duly certified copy. If a
copy of written evidence is submitted, an election commission shall have the
right to demand submission of an original or order original of written evidence
on its own initiative. After consideration of a complaint, an election
commission, upon the request of the owner of a document, shall return the
original document, and in the file of complaint a duly certified copy should
remain.

7. An election
commission shall assess the propriety and reliability of each evidence, and
adequacy and inter-relation of evidences in their totality as stipulated by
law. No evidences shall have inherent legal force except for the circumstances
or facts established by the court decision, which has entered into legal force.

Article 110. Decision
of the Subject of Consideration of Complaint after Consideration of the
Complaint

1. Decision of the
subject of consideration of the complaint must be justified, legal and founded.

2. When considering a
complaint on decision of the subject of the complaint, the subject of
consideration of the complaint shall establish:

1)whether
the subject of the complaint passed the disputed decision;

2)whether
the subject of the complaint passed the disputed decision on legal grounds;

3)whether
the disputed decision was passed within the competence and pursuant to the
procedure stipulated by the law;

4)which
legal norms must be applied with regard to such legal relations and whether
according to the law such complaint shall be considered by this subject of
consideration of the complaint;

5)whether
each claim of the applicant of complaint is to be satisfied or rejected;

6)whether
the infringed rights or legitimate interests of the applicant of complaint are
to be renewed by other means;

7)which
decisions must be adopted or which measures must be taken after the decision
has been cancelled.

3. When considering a
complaint concerning action (or negligence) of the subject of complaint, the
subject of consideration of complaint shall establish:

1)whether
the disputed action (inaction) of the subject of the complaint was committed;

2) whether
the disputed action (inaction) was committed by the subject of the complaint on
legal grounds;

3)which
legal norms must be applied with regard to such legal relations and whether
according to the law such complaint shall be considered by this subject of
consideration;

4)whether
each claim of the applicant of complaint is to be satisfied or rejected;

5)whether
the infringed rights or legitimate interests of the applicant of complaint are
to be renewed by other means;

6)which
decisions must be adopted or which measures must be taken after disputed action
(inaction) has been acknowledged illegal.

4. When considering
the complaint the subject of consideration of complaint may satisfy it in full
or in part or reject it.

5. In the event that
the subject of consideration of complaint adopts a decision on satisfying the
complaint, such decision may:

1)acknowledge
the decision of the subject of complaint or certain provisions thereof, its
acts, or inaction as such that do no correspond to the provisions of the
legislation on the elections of people’s deputies, violating the citizens’
electoral rights, the rights and legislative interests of the subject of the
election process;

2)cancel the
decision;

3)oblige the
subject of the complaint to take measures stipulated by the legislation on
organization and conduct of parliamentary elections;

4)oblige the
subject of the complaint to refrain from committing certain actions;

5)by other
means renew the infringed electoral rights of the citizens, the rights and
legitimate interests of the subject of the election process;

6)oblige the
subject of the complaint and/or other body, party (bloc), mass media outlet, an
official or a public servant to commit certain action stipulated by the
legislation on organization and conduct of elections of the deputies entailed
by the fact of canceling the decision or recognizing the disputed
action/inaction illegal.

6. In the event that
the subject of consideration of the complaint establishes that the decision,
inaction do not correspond to the legislation on elections of the deputies, the
subject of consideration of complaint shall satisfy the complaint. When
satisfying the complaint, the subject of consideration of complaint may satisfy
all or a part of claims of the applicant of complaint.

7. In the event that
the court acknowledges a decision of a respective election commission illegal
including the decision on recognizing the results of elections at a polling
station invalid, tabulation of voting results and results of elections of the
deputies, the election commission, the decision of which was acknowledged
invalid, or an election commission of higher level shall pass a decision on the
basis of the court decision. In the event that a decision was acknowledged
reliable on the formal grounds, an election commission shall not pass a
decision, which in essence duplicates the decision acknowledged invalid by the
court.

8. An election
commission of higher level, based on a complaint, court decision or on its own
initiative, may cancel a decision of election commission of lower level and
pass a decision thereon or oblige the election commission of lower level to
re-consider this issue.

9. The subject of
consideration of the complaint shall reject the complaint if it establishes
that the decision, acts, or inaction of the subject of complaint was passed or
committed according to the law and within the competence stipulated by the law
and does not infringe the electoral rights of voters, the rights and legitimate
interests of other subjects of the election process.

10. A copy of the
decision of the subject of consideration of the complaint shall be given out or
forwarded to the applicant of complaint, subject of the complaint, other
interested persons, respective election commission and another subject
mentioned in the decision no later than the next day after passage of such
decision, and in the event that a decision is passed before Election Day, on
Election Day or the next day – immediately.

11. A decision, passed
by a first instance court, shall enter into legal force after the period for
appeal has exhausted, and within the timeframes stipulated by the Article 111
of this Law.

Article 111. Specifics
of Revising Court Decisions

1. Participants of
the court consideration process shall have the right to appeal against the
court decision in full or in part passed by the fist instance court, which has
not entered into legal force if the first instance court has not completely
established the circumstances of the case, failed to properly assess the
evidences, incorrect applied norms of the material law or significantly
violated the norms of legal proceedings.

2. An appeal may also
be filed by a third party – subject of the election process that did not
participate in the court consideration of the case in the event that the
decision of the first instance court infringes its rights, freedoms, and
legitimate interests.

3. The decisions of
appeal courts passed in the first instance shall be appealed against in the
Supreme Court of Ukraine.

4. Appeals against
the decisions of the first instance courts shall be filed within two days as of
the day following the day of receiving the copy of the court decision.

5. An appeal against
the decision of a first instance court, passed before Election Day, may be
filed within the timeframes stipulated by the paragraph 4 of this article, but
no later than at 24.00 of the last Saturday before Election Day.

6. Appeals filed
after expiration of the period stipulated by paragraphs 4 and 5 of this article
shall not be considered.

7. An appellate court
shall consider the case within two days as of the day of receiving an appeal,
and with regard to decisions passed by the first instance courts before
Election Day – no later than the time of beginning of the voting.

Article 112. Specifics
of Lodging a Complaint against Decisions, Action, or Inaction of Executive
Authorities, Local Self-Government Bodies, Enterprises, Entities, Institutions
and Organizations, their Officials and Personnel

1. A subject of the
election process may lodge a complaint against a decision, acts, or inaction of
an executive body, a body of local self-government, enterprise, entity,
institution or organization, or officials thereof with regard to the
non-performance of the duties assigned to them by the law, illegal interference
with the activities of election commissions or their members, as well as
non-observance of the provisions of the law concerning election campaigning.

2. A complaint
stipulated by paragraph 1 of this article shall be lodged to a district
election commission or the Central Election Commission, or to a local court at
the location of the respective executive body, a body of local self-government,
enterprise, entity, institution, or organization.

3. A complaint lodged
against acts, or inaction of an executive body, a body of local self-government,
enterprise, entity, institution or organization, or officials thereof shall be
considered by the court composed of three professional judges.

4. Consideration of a
complaint lodged against acts, or inaction of an executive body, a body of
local self-government, enterprise, entity, institution or organization, or
officials thereof shall not exclude bringing individual officials or public
servants to disciplinary, administrative, criminal, or other responsibility in
the cases and pursuant to the procedure stipulated by the law.

Article 113. Specifics
of Lodging a Complaint against Decisions or Actions of Parties (Blocs) and
Other Associations of Citizens

1. An election
commission, a candidate for deputy, a party (bloc) – subject of the election
process, as well as a voter whose electoral rights have been infringed may
lodge a complaint against the decision or action of a party (bloc), association
of citizens, official or an authorized representative thereof related to the
election process, except for the decisions or actions, which according to the
law, statute (provision) of the association of citizens, belong to its internal
organizational activity or its exclusive competence.

2. A complaint
mentioned under paragraph 1 of this article shall be lodged to the respective
district election commission or the Central Election Commission, or to the
appeal court at the location of the respective body of party (bloc),
association of citizens.

Article 114. Specifics
of Lodging a Complaint against Acts, or Inaction of Mass Media, their Owners,
Officials, and Creative Staff Members

1. A candidate for
deputy, a party (bloc) – subject of the election process may lodge a complaint
against acts, or inaction of mass media outlet, its owner, official or creative
staff member, which violate the procedure of mass media activities during the
election process stipulated by the law, including the realization of the right
to reply according to paragraph 12 of article 71 of this Law, as well as other
requirements of the law concerning election campaigning.

2. The Central
Election Commission or a district election commission shall have the right to
lodge a complaint against acts, or inaction mentioned under paragraph 1 of this
article upon its own initiative.

3. The complaint
mentioned under paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article shall be lodged to the local
court at the location of the mass media outlet.

4. A complaint
mentioned under paragraph 1 of this article shall be lodged to:

1)the
Central Election Commission – concerning acts, or inaction of a nationwide mass
media outlet, its owner, official or a creative staff member;

2)respective
district election commission – concerning acts, or inaction of a regional or
local mass media outlet, its owner, official or a creative staff member.

Article 115. Particularities of Disputing Acts, or
Negligence of Candidates for People's Deputies

1. A candidate for a People's Deputy or a party (bloc) as a subject
of the election process may appeal against acts or inaction of a candidate for a
People's Deputy if such actions or inaction are aimed at violating the
procedure for nomination of a candidate for a People's Deputy or rules of
running election campaign as stipulated by the law as well as at infringing
their rights and legally protected interests or citizens suffrage rights.

2. A voter may appeal against acts, or inaction of a candidate for
a People's Deputy if this acts or inaction has infringed his/her suffrage
rights or legally protected interests related to participation in the election
process.

3. An appeal concerning acts or inaction of a candidate for a
People's Deputy should be submitted to the Central Election Commission or the Kyiv Appeal Court.

Article 116.
Peculiarities of disputing decisions, acts or inaction of Election Commissions
and their Members

1. A subject of the election process shall have the right to appeal
against a decision, acts, or inaction of an election commission or the election
commission s member.

2. An appeal concerning decisions, acts or inaction of a polling
station commission or a member thereof shall be submitted to the respective
district election commission or to a local court at the location of the polling
station.

3. An appeal concerning decisions, acts, or inaction of a district
election commission or a member thereof shall be submitted to the Central
Election Commission or to the appellate court at the location of the district
election commission.

4. An appeal concerning a decision, an act, or inaction of the
Central Election Commission or its member should be submitted to the Supreme
Court of Ukraine.

5. An appeal concerning a decision, an act, or inaction of election
commissions or its members should be considered by courts consisting of minimum
three professional judges.

Article 117.Responsibility for Violation of Legislation on Elections of Deputies

Individuals,
being at fault of violations of the parliamentary election legislation shall be
brought to criminal, administrative or amenability as stipulated by the law.

Article 118.Storage of Election and Other Documentation and Material Values

1. After an official promulgation of the results of elections of
deputies, the Central Election Commission shall pass the election and other
documentation liable to the transfer to the National Archive Fund including the
protocol on counting of votes at polling stationsand on voting results in constituencies to the respective state
archive institution, and district election commissions shall pass such
documentation to the respective local state archive institutions.

2. The election documentation not liable to the transfer to the
National Archive Fund shall be passed by district election commissions to local
archive institutions created by the local executive bodies or local
self-government bodies according to the Law of Ukraine “On National Archive
Fund and Archive Institutions”.

3. The list of the election and other documentation liable to
storage in the state and other archive institutions and the procedure for its
transfer to such organizations shall be established by the Central Election
Commission after reconciliation with the central executive body on archive
matters and documentary provision.

4. Local executive bodies and local self-government bodies after
termination of authorities of polling station and district election commission
s shall provide for storage of the ballot boxes, voting booths, seals, and
stamps of these commissions, methodological literature given to a commission
for the period of the election process.

5. Ballot papers, control slips of ballot papers, lists of voters,
absentee voting certificates, acts, requests, appeals on violations of the
requirements of this Law during voting and votes calculation, protocols and
decisions of election commissions shall be kept in local archive institutions
for four years after the day of official promulgation of the parliamentary
election results. On the expiration of this period, the aforementioned
documentation shall be destroyed in accordance with the established procedure.

6. Archive institutions shall provide access to the parliamentary
election documentation according to the procedure stipulated by the Law.

Articles 39 and 40 that shall take legal effect on the day of the
publication of the Law;

Paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Article 101 will take legal effect on the
day of conduct of regular elections of People s Deputies of Ukraine in 2006.

2. Amendments and additions to this Law can be made no later than
240 days before Election Day of the Elections of
People's Deputies of Ukraine in 2006.

3. In order to bring Ukrainian legislation to conformity with this
Law, laws and other normative legal acts shall apply in part s that do not
contradict this Law.

4. Starting from the day of enactment of the Administrative
Procedures Code of Ukraine, consideration of complaints by the courts shall be
done in accordance to the procedure, stipulated by the Administrative
Procedures Code of Ukraine taking into consideration the particularities
stipulated by this Law.

5. In Articles 173 and 174 of the Law of UkraineOn
Political Parties in Ukraine (Vidomosti
Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy, 2001, Issue 23, p.118; 2004, Issues 27-28, p. 366)
the word “four” shall be replaced with the word “three”.

6. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine shall within six months after publication of this Law:

-draft and submit to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine its suggestions on bringing laws
of Ukraine to conformity with
this Law;

-bring its normative legal acts to conformity
with this Law;

-ensure adoption of normative legal acts
stipulated by this Law;

-ensure revision and revocation of normative
legal acts that contradict this Law by the Ministries and other central
executive bodies.

The Central
Election Commission shall:

-bring its acts in line with this Law within a
month after publication of this Law;

-ensure adoption of acts stipulated by this Law.

8. Recognize null and void from October 1, 2005 the Law of Ukraine
On Elections of People s Deputies of Ukraine (Vidomosti Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy, 2001, Issues 51-52, p. 265; 2002,
Issue 9, p. 69; 2004, Issue 15, p. 218, Issue 23, p. 320) except for the part 7
of Article 15 and Article 81 of the mentioned Law that shall be recognized null
and void on the day of conduct of regular elections of People s Deputies of
Ukraine in 2006.